u/hogseedy has decided to code an unofficial patch or patch set for RiF that will maintain access to Reddit by making use of the official Reddit app's secret keys, extracted and leaked recently.
Expect to see similar solutions for other third-party Reddit apps as well. This isn't something Reddit can stop.
The goal of making the code for this repo available is to show that despite statements otherwise by Reddit administrators, Apollo does not scrape anything and users purely authenticated Reddit API requests, and does a great deal of work to ensure the Reddit API rate limits are respected.
If you mod one or more subreddits, you can take part in the protest by going dark for 48 hours throughout all of June 12 and 13, 2023. No uniform time zone has been agreed upon yet, so assume local time for the mod(s) or a mod consensus for each subreddit until and unless you hear otherwise.
First, sign up for the protest by dropping your subreddit name in the comments here. Then decide on a protest technique.
There are various protest techniques you can choose from, all with different upsides and downsides. Which one you choose is up to you. All of them are valid ways to protest.
I've already provided information on why Lemmy is not a viable Reddit replacement.
So what is? People will need a place to go during the protest, and possibly over the long term if the API situation isn't resolved.
In this post, I will try to put together the most promising Reddit replacements.
The protest is planned for 48 hours, running throughout all of June 12 and 13 and ending on June 14.
Participating subreddits will go dark during that time. (Click here to find out what that means.) No uniform time zone has been agreed upon yet, so assume local time for the mod(s) or a mod consensus for each subreddit until and unless you hear otherwise.
Some subreddits may choose to remain dark even beyond this two-day period, possibly indefinitely.
There are some very big subreddits participating (a few with 50+ million subscribers) and more are joining in real time.
See a work-in-progress list of partic
Most subs are going dark just from 12th-14th.
Sorry but, if Spez and the admins know most subreddits are going to be back to normal after 48 hours, why would they change a thing? They'll just wait those subs out.
Some subs are going dark indefinitely until changes are made, which deserves praise. But the majority will be back so Wednesday, which is exactly what Spez and the rest are planning on.
Are mods so attached to their subreddits that they're not willing to close their subreddit for even half a week? Sorry but what difference does anyone expect this to make? It means reddit admins know they can keep getting away with things with little repercussion.
See here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/KbinMigration
They had also recently banned r/LemmyMigration in a similar manner, but reversed the ban after backlash.
Kbin and Lemmy are both ActivityPub-compatible microblogging protocols. In plain terms, they are Reddit alternatives.
Edit: r/KbinMigration unbanned.