Libreddit's Public Instances are Shutting Down · Issue #840 · libreddit/libreddit
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⚠️ PUBLIC INSTANCE SHUT DOWN ⚠️ As of July 12th, 2023, Libreddit is currently not operational as Reddit's API changes, that were designed to kill third-party apps and content scrapers who don't pay...

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

  • carbunkie@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.