I was using LibReddit to check in once in a while, and it died today and Teddit instances are giving error 429 too, so yeah, no more Reddit from now on
F, Reddit’s over for me now
One by one… They’re all falling. It’s sad to see.
I’m so thankful this place exists.
Here is the announcement the development team have made.
For those who want to still use LibReddit or Teddit, it’s fairly simple to get your own instance running using Docker. Keep in mind it is read-only, you won’t be able to comment or post.
Doesn’t running a local instance mean your activity is tied to your API key and your IP address?
If that’s the case, I feel like browsing old.reddit behind a VPN is more private and less fuss (though I’m willing to be proven wrong!)
Edit: from Libreddit’s Public Instances are Shutting Down #840:
Their new limits mean the project would only work for small instances and who authenticate using OAuth, effectively voiding any privacy benefits of using Libreddit.
This is sad to see. Libreddit was the only way I used to browse reddit since the day I heard about it. Now I almost always have to switch instances over 4 times to get one that is not rate limited.
I always thought libreddit and teddit scraped Reddit, never thought they used the api
