Basically, title, here is a link to the Reddit thread for people curious: https://archive.ph/6mObB

I’m quite surprised with the neutral to positive reactions, which also show that some people will probably never leave Reddit.

  • Fullest@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    1 year ago

    Former Relay user here.

    Willing to bet the comments in that thread are positive because survivorship bias, at least in part. Folks like me who deleted the app probably wouldn’t have commented, after all. I’m also sure I wasn’t the only one to see the subscription prompt come up and just delete the app.

    knew it was coming and decided ahead of time that when I was forced to pay, I’d just delete the app.

      • Stabbitha@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t brought myself to delete it yet, but I did replace it on my home screen with Connect for Lemmy

        • Funny@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          I don’t keep any app that I’m not using on the phone. Uses up resources for no reason. If nothing else play store constantly updates the app with each new version. It could be updating apps that I am using instead.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      I did the exact same thing, but I gotta say even in the months leading up to the subscription the quality and traffic in my subs had diminished to almost nothing, there were so many subs that were already gone or inaccessible from mobile. There was a time when I think I would’ve been ok with paying $2-3/month for the previous content but never in the current state.

      • Fullest@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        I totally agree. I wasn’t decided on quitting Reddit just because of the 3rd party apps fiasco, but the overall quality of the content took a nosedive which only further reinforced my decision to uninstall Relay once the subs finally came.

        At a cost of free it was still like of worth checking out but not if I have to pay.

    • TwanHE@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Only reason I still have a patched app is to be able to open the answer to questions on Google where Reddit is the only sensible answer