Posting the update here because most of the users of RDX come from Lemmy community only.
Why?
A lot of users asked for a more polished viewer with more features and users in the EU now can not add web apps to home screen, so I spent some time building an iOS app. You can also save images and videos/gifs from Reddit now. It’s stil completely free (with an optional donate option available), the web app also works.
You can download the app here
Previous posts for context:
I’m not sure why but i am getting no audio from any video. (Granted they are probably mostly from redgifs)
So the problem with Redgifs is a messy one. There are two ways to embed their videos, one is through their embed code which includes lots of redgifs branding, is tiktok like and not so natie (but it helps them track you etc). The other is a mp4 file that just works like any other video except they don’t have audio. Since almost all of the gifs on Redgifs are nsfw I chose the kater method to display their vids. You can always click the little safari icon (or the globe icon on android) and view the redgif with audio.
let reddit die. don’t view its content. fuck spez.
Unfortunately a lot of good homelab, Networking, security and other niche knowledge is still on reddit.
Technically one could just archive the relevant subs from reddit using an automated crawler and never have to visit the actual website again, both not everybody is self-hosting to that extent. This is for people who haven’t self-hosted yet
Still waiting for Twitter to die first. Been waiting for a decade to see Facebook die. I’m not hopeful
Be the change you wish to see in the world. Also, fuck spez.
I sometimes use RDX to check out some small communities on reddit I miss. So first off, thanks! Secondly, is there a way to collapse comments or skip to the next root comment?
Double tap any comment? Guess I should leave this as a tip for new users because a lot of people ask me this.
I blocked Reddit via PiHole and configured Kagi to never show me Reddit results. I’m here because Reddit can DIAF.
Ad + Reddit
Pass. Read the room
Read
Sorry?
No need to apologize, just sharing my sentiments
I think they’re questioning what exactly you mean with your initial post.
I’ll let them clarify that then
Read the room says the person who clearly cannot read the room.
The majority of comments here have been anti-Reddit altogether.
Plenty of people moved here to get away from supporting their platform and decisions to shit on devs.
Don’t know what you’re referring to…
thanks, im gonna use it for porn
Honestly, that’s the only reasonable use for Reddit anymore.
Well there’s also niche communities with useful info too.
Very neat. I haven’t used Reddit in a year, but I wanted to check out your app out of curiosity. I think I feel much healthier without it being a regular part of my life, but this is an interesting window I could glance through from time to time.
The comment collapse feature seems to work very inconsistently. Where should you be tapping or how in order to collapse a comment thread?
On the comment text? Anywhere works except the edges or where the u/user link is. Double tapping a comment should collapse the comment and the comments in it’s own thread.
I wasn’t double tapping intentionally! That’s the ticket. I was tapping around looking for a collapse trigger and must have occasionally tapped quickly enough to earn a double tap.
Very cool and thanks for making this.
When you tap three dots(…) on the top-right of every comment, a menu opens. It has a collapse option when clicked it displays the exact same information on how to collpase the comment. I added it specifically because people keep asking about how to collapse the comments.
How does this app work given the API costs? How does it manage to not deliver ads?
I ask because, while I’ve currently embargoed myself from Reddit, I’d like to have some details noted so I don’t fall in love with this and then get hurt again.
can you remove it so reddit can eff off?
Why does using a VPN break it?
Reddit is aggressively blocking VPNs.
That’s a Reddit issue; Reddit has been blocking anyone who is on a VPN but not logged in. Because they want to aggressively track your telemetry data, but a VPN makes that more difficult. So they force VPN users to sign in, so they can still track those users.
OK good to know thank you. I’m located in China, so they block it locally, so I can’t view it from either side, then. (I’m sure there is a way around it somehow)
How do you save photos etc ?
On iPhone - Click on the photo, it will open an image viewer with share option on top, tap that, save photo, If you are using iPad then I will add the feature in next update. To save the GIFs on both iPhone and iPad tap the save icon below every video/gif post (it is just before the safari icon)
How does RDX avoid using the Reddit API? I’ve used it a few times and was impressed on how fast it responded.
It’s read only.
Please Make one for Android
In a week, I will post about it here or you can subscribe to this mailing list.
Thanks, subscribing without an account is exactly what I needed for some small communities not on Lemmy. If you could add a feature to hide specific user’s comments (Automoderator), that’d be awesome.
Yeah I will collapse automod by default in next update.
How do I save a subreddit?
Go to the subreddit, press the three bars icon on top right. Click subscribe.
can you view nsfw posts? login? downvote or upvote?
yes, no no.
Can you tag/save posts?
save yes.
