It appears API rate limiting has effectively killed these alternatives. You essentially get nothing but “Too many requests” 429 errors.
Lemmy sadly does not have the active niche news and discussions I want. But now nothing can be read without going to Reddit. I hate Spez
I’m not using one.
Wait, what?
Then how do you know it’s started to throw errors if you’re not reading rss?
Multiple people have reported 429 errors.