I just set up all the subreddits I still want to following in Reeder, an RSS app. I’m able scroll through the posts ad free. It the occurred to me that this is a loss of revenue to Reddit. Could RSS be the new target for onerous fees?
It could be the case that RSS usage is small compared to 3rd party apps like Apollo so not of much concern. It also may be the case that it isn’t possible for Reddit to charge for the usage. If they can’t charge, they may just disable RSS altogether. I’m only guessing. I’ll take off my tinfoil hat now.
The only thing I’ve been missing is the ability to ask a specific community a specific question.
For example I just got done homebrewing my Wii, and whereas before there was a whole community of people who would have been able to help, now I’m sure a lot of those people have left including myself. The only useful things on Reddit now are old unarchived posts with dead links.
That being said, I like a lot better that way.