I’ve seen many comments and posts regarding the API fiasco on Reddit, with the claim that there will be a huge influx of users when that happens. I’m all for it, but I find it hard to believe that the average or even above average user will make the effort to switch.
I think the influx of people self motivated to leave reddit happened, yes. But there’s a huge chunk still on reddit using apps that will straight up stop working, what then? Your primary interface with the site being gone is an even stronger motivation than leaving in protest.
Anecdotally I’m still using reddit today (albiet less) but once rif dies… Goodbye reddit I guess
Just like you are here, I find it hard to believe that many app users were not already aware of the situation and made the jump.
I did it and I was using old website design with RES, and there wasn’t as much outcry for/discussion about those like RiF or Apollo. The switch was obvious to me and I wasn’t going to wait until it stopped working to find out.