A few apps that have a smaller amount of users have been granted a delay in which they can set up a subscription scheme.
We don’t know yet what the subscription cost is going to be and whether the whole thing will be sustainable. It’s not clear to me for example what will happen if the users/traffic for these apps eventually rises (which is bound to happen if they’re the only ones left standing). Or why a deal couldn’t be reached with the large apps too.
Not to mention the whole sour taste, a couple months ago if Reddit had come out and said “we’re putting all ‘power user’ stuff behind a paywall, pay a sub directly to us to help us out” I would’ve seriously considered it. Now, not so much.
I used Relay pro for ages as well, I’m a bit disappointed that the app developer isn’t taking their app down but I don’t judge them for it. If they think they can keep the app working then more power to them but I would’ve loved to see a Lemmy / Kbin version of Relay. For now I’m mostly happy with Connect for Lemmy but it’s taking some getting used to.
My Relay app still seems to be working
https://www.reddit.com/r/RelayForReddit/comments/14n876v/update_relay_will_continue_to_operate_from_july/
A few apps that have a smaller amount of users have been granted a delay in which they can set up a subscription scheme.
We don’t know yet what the subscription cost is going to be and whether the whole thing will be sustainable. It’s not clear to me for example what will happen if the users/traffic for these apps eventually rises (which is bound to happen if they’re the only ones left standing). Or why a deal couldn’t be reached with the large apps too.
Not to mention the whole sour taste, a couple months ago if Reddit had come out and said “we’re putting all ‘power user’ stuff behind a paywall, pay a sub directly to us to help us out” I would’ve seriously considered it. Now, not so much.
I used Relay pro for ages as well, I’m a bit disappointed that the app developer isn’t taking their app down but I don’t judge them for it. If they think they can keep the app working then more power to them but I would’ve loved to see a Lemmy / Kbin version of Relay. For now I’m mostly happy with Connect for Lemmy but it’s taking some getting used to.