Why are you on lemmy right now?

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Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.
- Ditto
- My favorite Reddit app was killed (RIF), but I stumbled into Red Reader. For some reason Reddit still allowed it to continue. It's not bad.
  
  I felt like I wanted to be part of the solution by stopping my usage of reddit. I didn’t want to continue to support a site I fundamentally disagree with on how they handled their monetization strategy by screwing over so many people.
  At this point, I no longer doom scroll reddit or even lemmy and it feels good to not waste my time doing so.
  
  I feel you. The problem I have is that I mostly used Reddit for niche communities. Those niche communities don't really exist here. I tried to do without, but it doesn't scratch the itch. I've even tried making a couple. But when you're mostly just talking to yourself in a void it's not really the same. So unfortunately I have had to go to back to Reddit for those niche communities.
  
  Yeah, that’s rough. Luckily I mostly just used those types of communities as interesting reads more than actively participating outside of searching for content from them.
  
  Same.
  I actually feel that my stubbornness has made my life better in this case.
  I've been to Reddit since, but I no longer feel the need to scroll it. I just use it when I went to find a genuine human recommendation on a topic.
  
  There is still a certain excellence to the model of how interaction works for how I enjoy consuming online conversations. It reminds me of a better old school forum experience.
  I do still use reddit when I find search results for things I want to know, especially where reddit was the biggest community for some topics but I usually end up there from search engines.
  
  Hmm, I was curious about this so I looked:
  It has been agreed that RedReader falls under the exemption for non-commercial accessibility-focused apps, due to the work that has been done to optimize the app for screen readers, and the app's high level of usage within the blind community.
  
  Revanced baby. If you get the urge to use rif again.

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