Here’s the message shown in the screenshot behind the link:
Dear BaconReader users,
We wanted to inform you with a heavy heart that, starting from July 1, 2023, BaconReader will be unable to function due to the recent API changes made by Reddit.
If you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts, we warmly invite you to visit r/baconreader, where our community continues to thrive.
We cannot express enough gratitude for your unwavering support throughout the incredible journey of the past 12 years. It has been an absolute privilege and honor to serve you.
With heartfelt appreciation,
The BaconReader Team ❤️
After I did my research on all the devs of the different Android and iOS apps…I discovered the app I had been using, BaconReader, was basically the only one backed by an Ad company (also somehow tied to Tmobile/Sprint). The rest of them are basically independent developers. So after learning that…not sorry to see it go. If there was some redemption arc by reddit I’d use another app. Good riddance.
edit: here’s the fosstodon thread I posted about my research: https://fosstodon.org/@thundergod97/110554562902608839
edit2: I loved using BaconReader…I was a premium user…but this information drastically changed my opinion of it.
Why? It was still a good app.
Lack of a response to what was happening. I drew up this research in the middle of the protests…from them I saw nothing (expected something posted on their subreddit, I removed their app after finding nothing from them). It seemed like a lack of care. Because of that, this post by them seems disingenuous to me, it’s in response to the adoring fans posting to their subreddit. How many of those people posting love in their subreddit know about who the owners of the app are. Put two and two together and you know this is who Spez was talking about when he said some were just not willing to talk. I asked the same question of everyone who was unwilling to talk…why. I found answers for some…some had their words misrepresented by Spez…some hadn’t said anything that I found…such as BaconReader.
This kinda makes sense. When i first started using baconreader, i didn’t see any adds. Then, after some update, ads started popping up, like alot of them…
Interesting
BaconReader was the first mobile app I used for reddit. Why am I feeling nostalgic? :(
Same. I haven’t used it in ages, but I’ll never forget.
Been using Bacon Reader for like 8 years now, even bought the premium version multiple times.
I can feel the emotion in that post. It’s so sad. All that time and effort.
BaconReader was my first Reddit app, back when I had a Windows Phone. It was basically the only good way to browse Reddit on Windows Phone.
I haven’t used it in many years, but I am sad to see it go.
I wanted to like BR but it lacked so much. Android app was better then ios but i couldn’t do basic things that made me reddit the way i wanted to reddit. plus the devs barely answered anything on the sub. Sad to see them go!
Baconreader was my app of choice for Reddit. I preferred the simplicity, cutting out things I really didn’t care about. Sad to see what Reddit has done to the community.
That’s the message I got yesterday and with that, I uninstalled bacon reader premium and am now done with reddit.
