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 usually just go to an instance itself. Sounds like you are using an extension?
Ahhh yeah, my bad, it’s libredirect
Thanks. I found an instance that is working better, but still with a lot of errors.