RIP Bacon Reader

[Fool's Requiem]

It's July 1st. Reddit's new API changes are active and has officially fucked third party apps. The operators of Bacon Reader have decided to basically kill the app instead of trying to work with Reddit. So, I guess I have to download the shitty Reddit app.

Same shit as Youtube and YT Vanced which also recently stopped working for me. Now I'm using the default YT app again.

I understand a need to make money, but sometimes they really go overboard with this shit.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I used "reddit is fun" for years and now it's dead.

Man the actual reddit app is HORRIBLE.

Probably gonna use reddit a lot less because of it.

 

[Jawneh]

I don't remember if I had bacon reader or some other reddit app, but I'm luckily such a light reddit user so this might not affect me much. Then again, I haven't been to the site in at least a week while all this is happening so maybe I'll hate it and never return.

All the youtube garbage though. That'll end up stinging me for sure as I tend to be watching or at least having stuff open in the background as I do things. I can't stand ads. The biggest reason why I haven't been able to watch stuff on my phone (which might be a good thing actually).

 

[shortkut]

I used "reddit is fun" for years and now it's dead.

Man the actual reddit app is HORRIBLE.

Probably gonna use reddit a lot less because of it.

I’ve only used the Reddit app since I’m mostly a lurker there. My only major issue is 90% of the time videos won’t load

 

[VashTheStampede]

All the ads and suggestions for other subreddits are very intrusive. And the layout is very same-y so it's hard to distinguish what I'm looking at.

 

[Cole]

are those ones dead dead? I use Boost, and as of right now it's still functional.

 

[Tommy Boy]

I'm the problem, I pay (paid?) for Reddit Premium because I primarily use the browser and never the app. I just canceled today, but damn me for giving Reddit so much money for years.

Such a shit time for YouTube to decide adblockers are permanently disabled. I am part of the 1% that pays for YT Premium though.

 

[a dip goblin]

My main problem with Reddit is Reddit.

 

[VashTheStampede]

are those ones dead dead? I use Boost, and as of right now it's still functional.

rif went down for good last night

 

[Cole]

rif went down for good last night

yeah, so far mine is still up. there was a notice this AM about it being the last day, but it's still there right now

 

[Boots]

Now I'm sad. It was the best 99¢ app I ever purchased. Is old.reddit still a thing on desktop? If not I'm done. 15 year addiction broken.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Pretty sure old.reddit still works. Sadly I do all of my redditing by phone these days.

 

[Disgustipated]

My time on reddit has absolutely cratered since all the API protests started. Always used Apollo on iOS, and with that gone I'm basically just done with the site.

All the youtube garbage though. That'll end up stinging me for sure as I tend to be watching or at least having stuff open in the background as I do things. I can't stand ads. The biggest reason why I haven't been able to watch stuff on my phone (which might be a good thing actually).

What youtube garbage are you referencing here?

 

[Jawneh]

What youtube garbage are you referencing here?

They're currently testing new stuff against ad blockers. Essentially they let you use one, but limit the number of videos you can watch until you get completely blocked from viewing anything. Of course disabling your blocker or getting premium will help, but ad free viewing might soon be completely dead.

 

[Disgustipated]

They're currently testing new stuff against ad blockers. Essentially they let you use one, but limit the number of videos you can watch until you get completely blocked from viewing anything. Of course disabling your blocker or getting premium will help, but ad free viewing might soon be completely dead.

Oh, yeah. I saw something about that. idk how they're doing the adblock detection, but usually that just ends up in an arms race between the filter creators and the site lol. Will have to wait and see what happens on that front.

 

[Mark]

I never got the appeal of Reddit… I don’t care for the format, the layout, or the scale of it.

Same for all of those chans.

I guess “growing up” on the progression from ProBoards to InvisionBoard to wBB to vB has me biased in favor of this style of message board format.

 

[Disgustipated]

I never got the appeal of Reddit… I don’t care for the format, the layout, or the scale of it.

Same for all of those chans.

I guess “growing up” on the progression from ProBoards to InvisionBoard to wBB to vB has me biased in favor of this style of message board format.

Oh yeah, Reddit absolutely fucking sucks for communication. I absolutely loathe the threaded conversations there. Hated it on Slashdot back in the day, hate it still on Reddit. There were some events though that I really enjoyed being able to see unfold there, mostly Destiny related. The Sleeper Simulant quest, the ARG and then Outbreak Prime quest, the Whisper of the Worm quest. Seeing all of those things unfold was truly something special and I don't think it would have been possible for them to be solved/figured out without the sheer scale of something like Reddit. At least, not in a reasonable amount of time.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Reddit is pretty much how I keep up with anime.

 

[Mark]

Oh yeah, Reddit absolutely fucking sucks for communication. I absolutely loathe the threaded conversations there. Hated it on Slashdot back in the day, hate it still on Reddit. There were some events though that I really enjoyed being able to see unfold there, mostly Destiny related. The Sleeper Simulant quest, the ARG and then Outbreak Prime quest, the Whisper of the Worm quest. Seeing all of those things unfold was truly something special and I don't think it would have been possible for them to be solved/figured out without the sheer scale of something like Reddit. At least, not in a reasonable amount of time.

I’m so out of touch that I’m completely oblivious to any prominent events on it, with the exception of those news stories you hear every once in a while about people on social networks like that combing through data together to solve missing persons cases or stuff like that. Don’t get me wrong, I think seeing stuff like that is awesome… it’s a good example of how it can be used for good. The problem is… the examples of how it’s used for not-so-good shit.

 

[shortkut]

Reddit is good for information on random things, not for keeping up with friends or a close knit community. I prefer this, but if I need to know an obscure way to clean something I’m heading to Reddit not here

 

[Tommy Boy]

Reddit is good for information on random things, not for keeping up with friends or a close knit community. I prefer this, but if I need to know an obscure way to clean something I’m heading to Reddit not here

Totally agree. Here, I actually feel part of a community and feel a lot more comfortable about opening up or talking about whatever. Reddit, there are millions and millions of users, and comments on popular threads just get drowned out. I hate making new threads on Reddit, I always feel so corny and needy when I have something legitimate to post. I don't have that feeling here at all.

 

[Holly]

Totally agree. Here, I actually feel part of a community and feel a lot more comfortable about opening up or talking about whatever. Reddit, there are millions and millions of users, and comments on popular threads just get drowned out. I hate making new threads on Reddit, I always feel so corny and needy when I have something legitimate to post. I don't have that feeling here at all.

This, exactly. Reddit has its place but it's no GWF.

I'm using Boost. I haven't decided if I'll give the official app another shake yet once it goes dark. I was an Alien Blue user when Reddit took it over. I've heard nothing positive about that app in a very long time. Granted, it's hard to get a bead on it with the bandwagoning that happens on Reddit.

 

[Kat]

I'm the problem, I pay (paid?) for Reddit Premium because I primarily use the browser and never the app. I just canceled today, but damn me for giving Reddit so much money for years.

Such a shit time for YouTube to decide adblockers are permanently disabled. I am part of the 1% that pays for YT Premium though.

I wouldn't feel bad about that. Sites have to make money somehow, because they cost money to run. I detest ads personally, and will choose not to use a thing over watching an ad 100% of the time, but I'm happy to directly pay for services and products I want to keep existing. The options for a website are limited to these:

• They charge you money directly
• They make money off your visit indirectly (i.e. ads)
• Enough people donate money to keep the site up without ads (Wikipedia model)
• Site ceases to exist

A minority of people using ad blockers is kind of the third one, except other users are unwillingly subsidizing you. If enough people block ads, you end up with the last option. So if you like Reddit and YouTube but don't want to watch ads, then go for it and pay them directly. There's nothing wrong with that.

 

[Madden_07]

For what it's worth you can still actually use Bacon Reader on Android without being rooted, it's what I'm doing.

See this guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit?pli=1

 

[Boots]

Wow, it worked. I almost gave up halfway through, but it works! It's not the premium version but it works. Thanks dude!

 

[Madden_07]

You're welcome! I was skeptical at first myself but I havent found any glaring issues minus the empty ad banner at the bottom since it's not the premium version. Way better than using the official app.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

For what it's worth you can still actually use Bacon Reader on Android without being rooted, it's what I'm doing.

See this guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit?pli=1

Thanks for this. BaconReader's design just makes browsing Reddit soooooo much easier for me.

 

[Quagmire]

I used to use BaconReader but moved over to Sync

The guide posted has worked for me to keep Sync working and still use it

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I think BaconReader even with the API trick is actually dead now. I can browse threads that are on my home page, but I can't open any of them. I can't look at my profile, but can look at my inbox for some reason. I've had issues in the past with poor connections, but I'm on my home wifi and it's no longer working.

 

[Benzine]

@Tommy Boy you are such a cutie

 

[Tommy Boy]

@Tommy Boy you are such a cutie

 

[Quagmire]

I think BaconReader even with the API trick is actually dead now. I can browse threads that are on my home page, but I can't open any of them. I can't look at my profile, but can look at my inbox for some reason. I've had issues in the past with poor connections, but I'm on my home wifi and it's no longer working.

It is fixable still! They just updated revanced manager thankfully

I repatched sync and it works

https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/