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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (7 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The costs of a subscription will go up based on a user’s daily average number of API calls, essentially meaning that the more things a person does in the app, the more they might have to pay.

Here is the full list, from developer DBrady’s post, which appears to include Google’s take of the subscription and Relay’s expected revenues:

In the newest release of Relay, DBrady says they also added the ability for users to see their average daily API calls.

The plan is for a subscription to roll out in two or three weeks from the time of their post and they expect to charge a monthly cost of $3 or $4.

“This won’t cover the cost of ‘super users’ who use the app all day, but, on average, it should allow me to pay the Reddit API bill,” the developer said.

Many subreddits and users protested against the switch to the paid API in-party because of its effect on the third-party app ecosystem.


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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Shame he didn't switch to Lemmy. Relay was my preferred reddit app.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Id recommend Connect. Very similar feel, at least closest to Relay. Relay used to be my daily driver too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

That's exactly what I'm using!

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