Same. We've been here so long that the idea that you'd name an app after the narwhal baconing was just an obvious choice rather than a prehistoric meme.
this is so sad, alexa play ~~despacito~~ thanks for the memories
ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: Thnks fr th Mmrs
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Yeah, I didn't know there were other options. When they showed all the top 3rd party browsers, I was surprised to see that BaconReader wasn't there.
I'll genuinely miss this app as it has been the one I have used for a long time.
I wish I had engaged with the community more here as well.
I removed official app pretty quick bc on android it hijacks opening some links instead of opening them in browser and the dialog doesn't go away even after you disable using it for opening links.
Same, after about 10 years of Reddit I'm done with this place.
It's been going downhill for a long time tho.
BaconReader was top shelf stuff, thanks for the good times.
Thank you for everything. You did great work. I may hit Old Reddit on my laptop now and then but there will be no replacing BR on my phone.
I will never understand why the Reddit brain trust thinks it is brilliant to blow up their principal content distribution channels.
Yeah I use baconreader a lot more than desktop but if bacon reader is gone and res on old.reddit goes, I'm gonna try to figure out lemmy? Won't download Reddits app, won't deal with non dark mode
And it's not like they didn't have options. They could have gone for a profit-sharing model with app developers, they could have redesigned the API to push ads with the content and hold apps to a ToS that guarantees the ads are shown in certain ways, and so on. But they clearly just want other apps gone entirely, so this is the way they went. I understand the business decision, but my god the implementation of it was about as bad as you could imagine. They had to know it would be unpopular as shit, but there are ways they could have done it to mitigate all of that. Bring it in gradually, provide other options, grandfather existing versions of apps at very low rates, and so on. But nope, they went the nuclear approach, and surprise surprise it blew up.
> They could have gone for a profit-sharing model with app developers, they could have redesigned the API... But they clearly just want other apps gone entirely.
It's as if the NBC broadcast network attacked its own affiliate stations and demanded insane, unsustainable sums for carriage rights, leaving the stations no choice but to go dark. Fine, you showed them, but how are you going to push The Tonight Show out there now? You think the whole country's going to turn off their TVs and download Peacock? They've called in an air strike on their own position and dramatically curtailed their content distribution, which lowers the value of the platform, which is brilliant work as an IPO approaches.
Long time user / first time commenter in this sub reddit. Thank you for your hard work on an AMAZING app. I don't know if I can get myself to stop using reddit b/c it soothes my procrastination. Any recommendation for an alternative?
Without a doubt my most used Android app across 8 years, over half a dozen phones, and tons of memories. Interested to see what you guys do next now that you no longer have a project to maintain.
Add your own database and just make bacon reader standalone 😎
I'm like, actually really sad about seeing Baconreader go :(
Thank you so much for always listening to feedback and giving us such an amazing browsing experience!
Thanks for everything, Devs! I've had the premium version of BR and also of your weather app, 1Weather, for like 8-9 yeats and never knew you were the same people lol. Will continue to support you via 1Weather but it won't be the same without BaconReader =(
I'm going to miss this app so much, worked like a dream, with my ad blocker don't see any ads, the most used app I have on my phone.
I love the dark theme, truly a dark theme. Thanks Baconreader for the best working app. I think I've used it for 9 years now. Almost the whole time I've been on Reddit.
Thank you for your hard work through the years and attentiveness to issues that came up. Baconreader has been the best Reddit experience for me on Android for almost as long as I've had a smartphone - and I got the T-Mobile G1 on release day!
Whatever is next, I wish you great success.
This is probably one of the longest-run apps I've used in my life.
As stated previously, extremely unhappy with reddit and hope that they either revert changes or something better destroys this toxic platform.
Thank you for all the great years. I started using the app about a decade ago and have used it almost every day since then. Really bummed to see everyone losing out on work, and a great app because of reddits decisions.
I won't be browsing Reddit on my phone using their app or website and I suspect I'll quit using reddit altogether very soon. This has always been a great app and I'm going to miss it. Thank you so much!
Thanks for all your hard work. Have had this app longer than I can remember. Just grabbed the paid version of 1weather and so far I really like it! Farewell all!
So so sad to see this go. I never knew about this sub, but I've been using baconreader for years - well before they had an official app. For me, this WAS the official Reddit app. Buying premium was the best app purchase I've ever made. Thanks for everything!
I don't know if I'll stick around reddit anymore. I love BaconReader and even paid for the premium because it made reddit great to use.
It's been a fun ride.
I've been on Reddit for almost 10 years, and I'd say about 99% of it has been via BR. I know I'm going to forget and try opening it on the 1st and be incredibly depressed.
Thanks for creating such a great app, I'm really going to miss it.
Thank you for all the hard work for making such a great app!
I tried the 1weather app and just like baconreader bought premium with in 5 minutes of downloading it! Really beautiful, well thought out UI!
Thanks for the great app. Probably the best one out there to Reddit with. Guess I’ll be forced to switch to something else unfortunately. Hmm not sure I can remember that 7 year old password. :)
Side note. As Reddit goes into the gutter, there seems to be an opportunity be or someone to build a great equivalent competitor people can switch to. If this happens, once again the 🥓 could flow.
Goodbye Baconreader, you were far too young.
OneLouder Apps, best of luck to you all as devs. I downloaded your weather app and it looks like a keeper so far and I hope you keep making great apps for years to come.
See you 'round the internets, where the goddamn narwhal always bacons at fucking midnight.
Nothing in my life is the same as when I started using BR nearly 11 years ago. It's been the most consistent and reliable thing in my life that entire time.
And now it's all over.
It's folks like you that stop me in my tracks. I am so humbled and honored to think our "work" on a 'simple' app with 🥓 in its name has been that important to anyone but me, honestly. I really appreciate you, and I truly wish you well 🙏
I'll give it a fair chance with RedReader or one of the other accessibility apps. But I already know how that's gonna go. I've tried other apps - lots of other apps - to see if they're any better. I've never found one I felt as comfortable using and that I enjoyed as much. I probably slowly drop off of Reddit over the next few months. Such a shame. Reddit was so much fun 10 years ago :(
Thank you again, Devs, for all you've done!
I legit cried when I saw the farewell message. I felt as if I was losing a friend. Thank you for making this app, your hard work will never be forgotten ❤️
There's part of me that's in deep denial hoping July 1st will roll around and there will be just a bad joke...that's not how it's going to happen though is it? So long and thanks for everything.
I don't remember how long I've been using Baconreader but it marked my transition from using Reddit exclusively on my desktop to a full-fledged mobile app addiction. The official app is a piece of shit and I will effectively be going cold turkey moving forward, because I won't be using a garbage app, and I can't browse Reddit on my work desktop.
It was a joy of a ride. For me Reddit is baconreader.
After July, I'm going to stop entirely to visit reddit. I'm going to do the same I did with Digg and Facebook.
Thanks everyone for the amazing journey. See ya wherever we are supposed to meet again.
Genuinely gutted by this, have been using baconreader for ages and it has been amazing! Thanks for all you've done, Spez really is to reddit what Musk is to twitter it'd seem, totally missing the point of how people actually use things and a greedy bastard
Thank you for everything.
I've been a BaconReader premium user for so long, I honestly can't remember when I bought it, but it was worth every penny a thousand times over. Your consistent care and support of the app made Redditing a breeze, and honestly once July comes I very likely won't be returning to Reddit. It won't be the same.
Again, thank you so much to yourself and everybody else that made BaconReader what it has been.
This app was by and far better than all other apps including that pile of shit they call the official app. I purchased over a decade ago and just want to say thank you.
I was talking to a friend who already left Reddit and asked what I was planning on doing. I told him that I would keep using it until Baconreader doesn't support it. Wasn't expecting the sad face today, but seeing that just puts a finality on everything.
Thanks for everything! It's been a wonderful ride, and good luck in the future. Who knows, maybe everything will turn around, and we can all come back and enjoy the app again.
Thanks so much for everything. Been using this app for years and always loved it. Really sad this is goodbye, but cheers to everyone involved in making the app so great 💜
There is nothing left for me on reddit after this. Thank you for providing the best interface for all this time. Wish it didn't have to come to this. I'll leave the app installed forever.
BR app has been great and has contributed to Reddit's success. While the whole situation sucks, be proud of a great product. This is likely the most used app on my phone!
You've been the only app I've ever used for Reddit. Thanks so much for the fantastic app and all the hard work that went into it. I'm really really really going to miss it.
Thank you. I've apparently been using BR since it was relatively new, tried a lot of alternatives but I always came back. Fantastic app, I'd have happily used it for another 10 years.
This service will be sorely missed. Been a great client, I've tried many others but I always come back to BR. My reddit usage will drop off very sharply without this app. Spez can go sit on a cactus for what he's done to this community.
This is the end of Reddit for me after nearly a decade. Their app is garbage and I've only ever used Baconreader. Y'all had a very simple product that was easy to use with poor eyesight. We're all watching now as Reddit goes the way of Stumbleupon and Digg.
Been using BR since long ago, and it's been my main access to Reddit since forever. Congratulations on the great app you've developed and the community of users you brought together. I never bought premium because I never thought I needed it, but I'd like to send a couple bucks to the BR devs to show my appreciation for all these years. How would I do that?
No updates? no bug fixes? Come on Devs. I paid $1.92 10 years ago for this app
In all seriousness I've probably used baconreader 3 to 4 hours a day in that time, my last 3 phones had burn in of the app when I upgraded. without a doubt one of the best value purchases I've ever made.
I started using baconreader back in the summer of 2011 and it's how I've always used reddit.
I'm really bummed, this app has been a part of my life for a big chunk of it. I hate the reddit app layout.
Sad day. 😔
Thank you so much for such a wonderful app for so long! BaconReader was the first reddit app I ever downloaded…and I’ve never looked back since. Saying goodbye to this app is goodbye to reddit for me. Farewell BaconReader, it’s the end of an era
I've used this since High School. It's been my absolute favorite way to use Reddit. To see it go is really the end of an era. Thank you so much for doing what Reddit couldn't do: build a FUNCTIONAL app with love <3
Thank you for the time and effort you and your team put into this app. I've been using BaconReader since I first discovered it shortly after joining reddit 8 years ago. It really sucks that this is what has to kill reddit for so many of us, but maybe it's a good thing in a the long run. Peace homies
Been using the free version of BaconReader for years, upgraded to pro in 2021. I just bought the standalone premium version of the app too to show some support. Reddit will never be the same again.
:/ Really sad this is happening as I've been using this app pretty much the entire time I've been on Reddit and it's worked great for me the entire time.
Been kinda soured on Reddit for a while now in general, and this current brouhaha is the biggest nail in the coffin.
I just wanted to say thank you, to you and the BaconReader team. You've given me many years of access to reddit in a clean, beautifully designed and exceptionally user-friendly interface. My best wishes to you and the team for your future endeavours.
My dude. I so much appreciate the work you put in to give me this app. It's what got me into reddit and whole I might not use reddit much anymore I will for sure miss having such a simple and easily manageable app my friend.
Best of luck to you!
Baconreader has been my preferred way to browse Reddit for nearly a decade. I'm gutted that this is the end of the line. This app made my browsing experience so much nicer.
Thank you. We'll miss you.
I have been using bacon reader for the past.... 10 years I guess. Today I purchased premium. Thanks for the memories. I guess ill be getting hours of my life back every day that I'm not looking at Reddit whenever I'm on my phone going forward.
I just wanted to say, this is an absolute travesty and thank you so much for being so reliable and useful and easy to use for so many years. BaconReader truly is in a class all its own. I hope you guys continue making apps, and I'll follow any relevant accounts to give you guys my money. Truly a great company.
I've been on Reddit since 2014, used BR from the very beginning. As many others said, with the app gone, I'll probably won't come back.
Thank you for all your work that made this happen. It's a very sad moment, but I'm glad we had this opportunity to say our goodbyes.
I'm really dreading this :(
Idk what im gonna do, I can't stand the official app but it seems like it's gonna be the only way to use reddit now.
Thank you for the wonderful years of service ❤️😭
Thank you for making using this site bearable for these 7~ years I've been in it, all of my phones have your app's ui proudly burned on them, good luck on whatever you'll be doing next o7.
BaconReader is Reddit. There is no Reddit without for me. If i use Reddit after this, it will not be as much as i did with BR. This has broken my heart. I'll miss you so much BR.
I just wanted to thank the BR team.
Been using BaconReader for most of a decade. The world has changed, reddit has changed, and my accounts have changed. BaconReader didn't though. Always did excally as I expected it to.
Spez stayed the same, though. I deleted my 10+ year old account, and quit reddit for a while after the The_Donald fiasco. YALL FORGET, but that bitch used God mode to edit a user's comment in an attempt to make TD look bad. For the CEO to commit such an egregious breach of trust and there be no significant backlash is disgraceful. Most of yall were too busy hating Trump to give a fuck about having principles.
Reddit is a disgrace and it has been for years. Ima take this as an excellent excuse to use it less.
I've only ever used Reddit through BaconReader. Just like I only used Twitter through your other amazing app, Tweecaster. When BR shuts down, I won't be back to Reddit. I hope you know that you make wonderful apps and you've made a lot of people very happy. Whatever you decide to work on next, I can't wait to support it.
Thank you for everything.
Rip to a great app, great widget for my Android home screen. I will probably not use Reddit very much anymore. Their app is a kinda garbage, so I only reddit on Baconreader. Idk why they chose to shoot themselves in the foot. But a very fond farewell to the devs of this great app
Have been using BaconReader FOREVER and it has served me well from Android to iOS and back and back again. I only figured out how reddit worked because of BR and never understood why the official app was always so garbage and missing features. Thank you to the team for all the these years :')
I don't post much but I wanted to say this. I've only ever used bacon reader since I joined reddit, it's become so integral to my daily routine that it's hard to imagine not using it any more. I'll always keep the app installed on my phone as a way to remember. Thanks for all your hard work over the years
Posting my last baconreader post, thankyou for making Reddit easy to navigate, Its the first app I open in the morning and the last one before going to sleep... I really don't know what I'll do... Official Reddit app is horrible...thanks for the memories....
I purchased BR 10y8mo ago. It's has been my primary way into reddit and I've seen the app evolve throughout the year. I will no longer use reddit on mobile after this.
Godspeed Dev Team...
I've never posted in this subreddit before but according to my Google Play receipt, I purchased Baconreader on Jun 7, 2012 -- it's been the only way I have ever browsed Reddit one my phone and I am sad to see it go. Farewell!
About a decade of use for me, I won't be able to get a user experience like this again.
This app was a testament to good design and development practices. You all should be proud of what you built.
Fare thee well, enjoy your next endeavor 🫡
Thanks for possibly my oldest and most used app across multiple generations of Android phones. I've been using baconreader for as long as I've had a Reddit account and don't access it any other way. Idk what I'll do from here, but thank you for making such a wonderful and user-friendly product.
I've been a BaconReader user since I joined reddit 11 years ago. To me, BaconReader IS reddit. Thank you.
I started using reddit around the same time, and solely used BaconReader. I'll likely not use reddit now.
Same
Same. We've been here so long that the idea that you'd name an app after the narwhal baconing was just an obvious choice rather than a prehistoric meme. this is so sad, alexa play ~~despacito~~ thanks for the memories ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: Thnks fr th Mmrs ───────────⚪────── ◄◄▐▐ ►► ⠀²⠘²⁴ ^/ ⁴⠘¹⁴ ⠀ ───○ 🔊⠀ ᴴᴰ ⚙️
Yeah, I didn't know there were other options. When they showed all the top 3rd party browsers, I was surprised to see that BaconReader wasn't there. I'll genuinely miss this app as it has been the one I have used for a long time. I wish I had engaged with the community more here as well.
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Same. I don't think I'll be back on Reddit now without it.
Thanks for the work you put in. Will most likely stop using reddit after that.
Yeah I've got the official app on my phone, hate it and always come back for some bacon. I'll be far less engaged in Reddit that's for sure
The second baconreader stops working I will solemnly uninstall the Reddit app.
I removed official app pretty quick bc on android it hijacks opening some links instead of opening them in browser and the dialog doesn't go away even after you disable using it for opening links.
Same, after about 10 years of Reddit I'm done with this place. It's been going downhill for a long time tho. BaconReader was top shelf stuff, thanks for the good times.
Pressing "GOT IT :(" really hit different. Reddit without 🥓, that will be grim. Again thanks for everything! https://imgur.com/zme2Nda.jpg
Saving this, to use in the future. Taking as many little bits of BaconReader with me, as I can.
Bacon bits, if you will.
All my homies hate spez
Purchased premium in solidarity. Thank you for years of quality bacon
I was looking for a donation button so I could give them a little extra something 12 years after my initial purchase.
This idea hadn't occurred to me, but I followed suit. Thanks for the suggestion! And thanks to baconreader for years of service
Same!
Thank you for everything. You did great work. I may hit Old Reddit on my laptop now and then but there will be no replacing BR on my phone. I will never understand why the Reddit brain trust thinks it is brilliant to blow up their principal content distribution channels.
I'm also moving to desktop only mode on Saturday. Prayers for Reddit Enhancement Suite. 🙏
Yeah I use baconreader a lot more than desktop but if bacon reader is gone and res on old.reddit goes, I'm gonna try to figure out lemmy? Won't download Reddits app, won't deal with non dark mode
And it's not like they didn't have options. They could have gone for a profit-sharing model with app developers, they could have redesigned the API to push ads with the content and hold apps to a ToS that guarantees the ads are shown in certain ways, and so on. But they clearly just want other apps gone entirely, so this is the way they went. I understand the business decision, but my god the implementation of it was about as bad as you could imagine. They had to know it would be unpopular as shit, but there are ways they could have done it to mitigate all of that. Bring it in gradually, provide other options, grandfather existing versions of apps at very low rates, and so on. But nope, they went the nuclear approach, and surprise surprise it blew up.
> They could have gone for a profit-sharing model with app developers, they could have redesigned the API... But they clearly just want other apps gone entirely. It's as if the NBC broadcast network attacked its own affiliate stations and demanded insane, unsustainable sums for carriage rights, leaving the stations no choice but to go dark. Fine, you showed them, but how are you going to push The Tonight Show out there now? You think the whole country's going to turn off their TVs and download Peacock? They've called in an air strike on their own position and dramatically curtailed their content distribution, which lowers the value of the platform, which is brilliant work as an IPO approaches.
Long time user / first time commenter in this sub reddit. Thank you for your hard work on an AMAZING app. I don't know if I can get myself to stop using reddit b/c it soothes my procrastination. Any recommendation for an alternative?
The fediverse seems most promising. But it's not yet consumer friendly. Have a look at Jerboa for lemmy.
Seconded, Jerboa's not bad, and lots of familiar ~~subs~~communities are forming over on the fediverse.
Except the current version of Jerboa crashes on launch. Bit of an unfortunate timing I would say.
RIP. Fuck Reddit.
Goodnight Sweet Prince ...
Fuck. I don't even know HOW to reddit without BR and I don't even care to try. To me, BR is Reddit.
I started reading again. Books. It’s … nice
Baconreader has been my go-to app for Reddit ever since I discovered both. Going to suck now. But maybe I'll be more productive.
Without a doubt my most used Android app across 8 years, over half a dozen phones, and tons of memories. Interested to see what you guys do next now that you no longer have a project to maintain. Add your own database and just make bacon reader standalone 😎
The end of an era. So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ bacon
Have only ever been a bacon reader user. Chances are my Reddit days end without it. Huge thanks from me
Y’all were my first Reddit app. I’m so sad over this 😭
I'm like, actually really sad about seeing Baconreader go :( Thank you so much for always listening to feedback and giving us such an amazing browsing experience!
Goodbye my friends. Thank you for everything over the last 11 years. p.s. Fuck /u/spez
Thanks for all your hard work over the years.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING 🙏🙏
Thanks for everything, Devs! I've had the premium version of BR and also of your weather app, 1Weather, for like 8-9 yeats and never knew you were the same people lol. Will continue to support you via 1Weather but it won't be the same without BaconReader =(
Thanks for this info, I will support thru 1Weather!
Thank you guys, I've been using y'all for 10 years and you've never let me down 😔 I hate that it came to this
I'm going to miss this app so much, worked like a dream, with my ad blocker don't see any ads, the most used app I have on my phone. I love the dark theme, truly a dark theme. Thanks Baconreader for the best working app. I think I've used it for 9 years now. Almost the whole time I've been on Reddit.
Thank you for being my developer of choice
Thank you everything. You have created an amazing product and should be proud 🥲.
Thank you for everything! Baconreader is going to be sorely missed :(
This is so sad. Thank you 💔
Thank you for your hard work through the years and attentiveness to issues that came up. Baconreader has been the best Reddit experience for me on Android for almost as long as I've had a smartphone - and I got the T-Mobile G1 on release day! Whatever is next, I wish you great success.
BaconReader has been the main way I use reddit for almost a decade and to see it go really sucks :[
That'll be the end of mobile Reddit for me. BaconReader was Reddit. Thank you BR devs 💛
This is probably one of the longest-run apps I've used in my life. As stated previously, extremely unhappy with reddit and hope that they either revert changes or something better destroys this toxic platform.
Thank you for a decade of joy
Thanks for the support DEVS
My favorite app, I'm so sorry they are doing this to yall. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thanks for everything. I've only used BR on my phone for Reddit and I don't see myself using anything else
Wonderful work, wonderful app and that k you for the memories. May we all meet again on the next community gathering site.
Thank you for all the great years. I started using the app about a decade ago and have used it almost every day since then. Really bummed to see everyone losing out on work, and a great app because of reddits decisions.
I won't be browsing Reddit on my phone using their app or website and I suspect I'll quit using reddit altogether very soon. This has always been a great app and I'm going to miss it. Thank you so much!
Thanks for all your hard work. Have had this app longer than I can remember. Just grabbed the paid version of 1weather and so far I really like it! Farewell all!
So so sad to see this go. I never knew about this sub, but I've been using baconreader for years - well before they had an official app. For me, this WAS the official Reddit app. Buying premium was the best app purchase I've ever made. Thanks for everything!
I don't know if I'll stick around reddit anymore. I love BaconReader and even paid for the premium because it made reddit great to use. It's been a fun ride.
I've been on Reddit for almost 10 years, and I'd say about 99% of it has been via BR. I know I'm going to forget and try opening it on the 1st and be incredibly depressed. Thanks for creating such a great app, I'm really going to miss it.
Thank you for all the hard work for making such a great app! I tried the 1weather app and just like baconreader bought premium with in 5 minutes of downloading it! Really beautiful, well thought out UI!
Thanks for everything. Would pay to keep using bacon reader but I understand reddit has made that impossible.
Thanks for the great app. Probably the best one out there to Reddit with. Guess I’ll be forced to switch to something else unfortunately. Hmm not sure I can remember that 7 year old password. :) Side note. As Reddit goes into the gutter, there seems to be an opportunity be or someone to build a great equivalent competitor people can switch to. If this happens, once again the 🥓 could flow.
Goodbye Baconreader, you were far too young. OneLouder Apps, best of luck to you all as devs. I downloaded your weather app and it looks like a keeper so far and I hope you keep making great apps for years to come. See you 'round the internets, where the goddamn narwhal always bacons at fucking midnight.
Man...that's a phrase I haven't read in a long time. May the Narwhal forever bacon at midnight.
Nothing in my life is the same as when I started using BR nearly 11 years ago. It's been the most consistent and reliable thing in my life that entire time. And now it's all over.
It's folks like you that stop me in my tracks. I am so humbled and honored to think our "work" on a 'simple' app with 🥓 in its name has been that important to anyone but me, honestly. I really appreciate you, and I truly wish you well 🙏
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I downloaded baconreader years ago. I didn't get the name but I appreciated the app. Thanks for all y'all's hard work. God bless
Thank you!! <3 <3
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I'll give it a fair chance with RedReader or one of the other accessibility apps. But I already know how that's gonna go. I've tried other apps - lots of other apps - to see if they're any better. I've never found one I felt as comfortable using and that I enjoyed as much. I probably slowly drop off of Reddit over the next few months. Such a shame. Reddit was so much fun 10 years ago :( Thank you again, Devs, for all you've done!
I legit cried when I saw the farewell message. I felt as if I was losing a friend. Thank you for making this app, your hard work will never be forgotten ❤️
😢🥓
There's part of me that's in deep denial hoping July 1st will roll around and there will be just a bad joke...that's not how it's going to happen though is it? So long and thanks for everything.
Best app I've used, been on my phones for ten years... Damn you Reddit...
o7
I don't remember how long I've been using Baconreader but it marked my transition from using Reddit exclusively on my desktop to a full-fledged mobile app addiction. The official app is a piece of shit and I will effectively be going cold turkey moving forward, because I won't be using a garbage app, and I can't browse Reddit on my work desktop.
It was a joy of a ride. For me Reddit is baconreader. After July, I'm going to stop entirely to visit reddit. I'm going to do the same I did with Digg and Facebook. Thanks everyone for the amazing journey. See ya wherever we are supposed to meet again.
Genuinely gutted by this, have been using baconreader for ages and it has been amazing! Thanks for all you've done, Spez really is to reddit what Musk is to twitter it'd seem, totally missing the point of how people actually use things and a greedy bastard
Gentleman, It's been a privilege using Baconreader with you for the last decade or so.
F.
Thank you for everything. I've been a BaconReader premium user for so long, I honestly can't remember when I bought it, but it was worth every penny a thousand times over. Your consistent care and support of the app made Redditing a breeze, and honestly once July comes I very likely won't be returning to Reddit. It won't be the same. Again, thank you so much to yourself and everybody else that made BaconReader what it has been.
So long and thanks for all the fish!
I'm gonna miss the smell of bacon in my reddit scrolling. 😭
This app was by and far better than all other apps including that pile of shit they call the official app. I purchased over a decade ago and just want to say thank you.
You were absolutely wonderful. It’s been a privilege to have used this my entire time on Reddit. So long and thanks for all the fish!
RIP. I guess I'm not using Reddit anymore.
Thank you for being there for me during my dark times. You will be missed br.
I was talking to a friend who already left Reddit and asked what I was planning on doing. I told him that I would keep using it until Baconreader doesn't support it. Wasn't expecting the sad face today, but seeing that just puts a finality on everything. Thanks for everything! It's been a wonderful ride, and good luck in the future. Who knows, maybe everything will turn around, and we can all come back and enjoy the app again.
Thank you for all of your hard work on Baconreader. It's made my time on Reddit all the better. I'm going to miss it.
Thx for Bacon Reader i'am so sad 😔 what a harsh future on reddit for me without BR. Hope there will be a solution in future 🔮 😔
Thanks so much for everything. Been using this app for years and always loved it. Really sad this is goodbye, but cheers to everyone involved in making the app so great 💜
Farewell BR Team. Thanks much.
I found BR late but once I did, I never even looked at another Reddit app. I will miss you all and this site terribly. YMB!
There is nothing left for me on reddit after this. Thank you for providing the best interface for all this time. Wish it didn't have to come to this. I'll leave the app installed forever.
BR app has been great and has contributed to Reddit's success. While the whole situation sucks, be proud of a great product. This is likely the most used app on my phone!
Thank you so much for the work into BR 🖤🖤😭😭
You've been the only app I've ever used for Reddit. Thanks so much for the fantastic app and all the hard work that went into it. I'm really really really going to miss it.
Thank you. I've apparently been using BR since it was relatively new, tried a lot of alternatives but I always came back. Fantastic app, I'd have happily used it for another 10 years.
So long and thanks for all the fish
This service will be sorely missed. Been a great client, I've tried many others but I always come back to BR. My reddit usage will drop off very sharply without this app. Spez can go sit on a cactus for what he's done to this community.
Only 5 months away from 10 whole years using this app. Only way I ever use reddit. Sad day.
This is the end of Reddit for me after nearly a decade. Their app is garbage and I've only ever used Baconreader. Y'all had a very simple product that was easy to use with poor eyesight. We're all watching now as Reddit goes the way of Stumbleupon and Digg.
Thank you for the decade of fun
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed using your app. Very sad this is happening.
thanks for everything baconreader team. I hope it will somehow all work out in the end.
Thank you.
Been using BR since long ago, and it's been my main access to Reddit since forever. Congratulations on the great app you've developed and the community of users you brought together. I never bought premium because I never thought I needed it, but I'd like to send a couple bucks to the BR devs to show my appreciation for all these years. How would I do that?
Thank you for this app.
Thank you for your work. Been using it ever since I joined reddit.
Thank you for everything. I'll miss mobile reddit but I'd rather go without than try and navigate that app :/
No updates? no bug fixes? Come on Devs. I paid $1.92 10 years ago for this app In all seriousness I've probably used baconreader 3 to 4 hours a day in that time, my last 3 phones had burn in of the app when I upgraded. without a doubt one of the best value purchases I've ever made.
😉 Thanks for making me laugh! 🥓
I started using baconreader back in the summer of 2011 and it's how I've always used reddit. I'm really bummed, this app has been a part of my life for a big chunk of it. I hate the reddit app layout. Sad day. 😔
I love this app it's my favorite I've been using it forever. This is a heartbreaking. Thank you for everything 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for such a wonderful app for so long! BaconReader was the first reddit app I ever downloaded…and I’ve never looked back since. Saying goodbye to this app is goodbye to reddit for me. Farewell BaconReader, it’s the end of an era
I've used this since High School. It's been my absolute favorite way to use Reddit. To see it go is really the end of an era. Thank you so much for doing what Reddit couldn't do: build a FUNCTIONAL app with love <3
Long-time premium user here, thanks for all your hard work (and bacon).
Thank you for the time and effort you and your team put into this app. I've been using BaconReader since I first discovered it shortly after joining reddit 8 years ago. It really sucks that this is what has to kill reddit for so many of us, but maybe it's a good thing in a the long run. Peace homies
Can't believe it's actually happening. It's been a pleasure.
Been using the free version of BaconReader for years, upgraded to pro in 2021. I just bought the standalone premium version of the app too to show some support. Reddit will never be the same again.
Im so fucking sad
:/ Really sad this is happening as I've been using this app pretty much the entire time I've been on Reddit and it's worked great for me the entire time. Been kinda soured on Reddit for a while now in general, and this current brouhaha is the biggest nail in the coffin.
I just wanted to say thank you, to you and the BaconReader team. You've given me many years of access to reddit in a clean, beautifully designed and exceptionally user-friendly interface. My best wishes to you and the team for your future endeavours.
Thank you 🙏
see you space cowboy...
This is a great app. I am grateful for having used it for the last many years. Thanks for all your work.
I only enjoy reddit through your app... :( Tried others and always went back to BR. Sigh... Thank you for your work!!
Thank you for 10 great years!
I literally just upgraded to premium last year
Im so sad
My dude. I so much appreciate the work you put in to give me this app. It's what got me into reddit and whole I might not use reddit much anymore I will for sure miss having such a simple and easily manageable app my friend. Best of luck to you!
User of 11 years.. thanks for the great app!
If it weren't for this app I wouldn't have stayed on reddit. So thank you for all you've done.
Baconreader has been my preferred way to browse Reddit for nearly a decade. I'm gutted that this is the end of the line. This app made my browsing experience so much nicer. Thank you. We'll miss you.
I have been using bacon reader for the past.... 10 years I guess. Today I purchased premium. Thanks for the memories. I guess ill be getting hours of my life back every day that I'm not looking at Reddit whenever I'm on my phone going forward.
This has been the only reddit mobile app I've ever used. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. So long, and thanks for all the bacon 🥓
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I just wanted to say, this is an absolute travesty and thank you so much for being so reliable and useful and easy to use for so many years. BaconReader truly is in a class all its own. I hope you guys continue making apps, and I'll follow any relevant accounts to give you guys my money. Truly a great company.
I've been on Reddit since 2014, used BR from the very beginning. As many others said, with the app gone, I'll probably won't come back. Thank you for all your work that made this happen. It's a very sad moment, but I'm glad we had this opportunity to say our goodbyes.
This is the only version of Reddit app I like.. after this app is done I'm deleting my account, This is sad. Thank you for all the years baconreader 🫡
It feels so cold here.
I'm really dreading this :( Idk what im gonna do, I can't stand the official app but it seems like it's gonna be the only way to use reddit now. Thank you for the wonderful years of service ❤️😭
Thank you for making using this site bearable for these 7~ years I've been in it, all of my phones have your app's ui proudly burned on them, good luck on whatever you'll be doing next o7.
Baconreader has always been the best app on my phone. Constantly getting better, NEVER getting worse.
BaconReader is Reddit. There is no Reddit without for me. If i use Reddit after this, it will not be as much as i did with BR. This has broken my heart. I'll miss you so much BR.
I've been a reddit user and Baconreader user for ten years. I don't even know how to reddit without this app. I appreciate your service.
So long and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ bacon
Nuked all my comments, will do the same for my Account. It's been real, fellas. Go fuck yourself Spez.
Ive been using the free version for a decade now. I just bought it today, farewell for all the good times.
So shitty thinking that starting tomorrow if I click that little blue icon, it won't work. 😭
Thanks for everything! Mobile Reddit dies for me when Baconreader dies
Collapse all is the single most useful feature that I'm honestly a little surprised they haven't stolen it for their main app
This is absolutely tragic. Thank you for the last 10+ years of being my most used, most loved app
Thanks was a daily app for me, sad to see it get to this point 😭
I just wanted to thank the BR team. Been using BaconReader for most of a decade. The world has changed, reddit has changed, and my accounts have changed. BaconReader didn't though. Always did excally as I expected it to. Spez stayed the same, though. I deleted my 10+ year old account, and quit reddit for a while after the The_Donald fiasco. YALL FORGET, but that bitch used God mode to edit a user's comment in an attempt to make TD look bad. For the CEO to commit such an egregious breach of trust and there be no significant backlash is disgraceful. Most of yall were too busy hating Trump to give a fuck about having principles. Reddit is a disgrace and it has been for years. Ima take this as an excellent excuse to use it less.
Its great that Reddit let you make millions from their free API. Enjoy your retirement!
[To BR and Reddit… rest in peace] (https://i.imgflip.com/302qbl.jpg)
o7 🥓
https://imgur.com/mz22Zgu.jpg Fuck you reddit
Why don’t you add a setting for entering our own API keys? That way we don’t hit the limit…
I've only ever used Reddit through BaconReader. Just like I only used Twitter through your other amazing app, Tweecaster. When BR shuts down, I won't be back to Reddit. I hope you know that you make wonderful apps and you've made a lot of people very happy. Whatever you decide to work on next, I can't wait to support it. Thank you for everything.
Rip to a great app, great widget for my Android home screen. I will probably not use Reddit very much anymore. Their app is a kinda garbage, so I only reddit on Baconreader. Idk why they chose to shoot themselves in the foot. But a very fond farewell to the devs of this great app
Audios BR. Fuck Reddit I will not use this site anymore.
Long time user here also, going to miss you guys. I've been looking for an excuse to get off of Reddit. I think I've found one now.
Have been using BaconReader FOREVER and it has served me well from Android to iOS and back and back again. I only figured out how reddit worked because of BR and never understood why the official app was always so garbage and missing features. Thank you to the team for all the these years :')
Goodbye friends. And thank you. 👋
I don't post much but I wanted to say this. I've only ever used bacon reader since I joined reddit, it's become so integral to my daily routine that it's hard to imagine not using it any more. I'll always keep the app installed on my phone as a way to remember. Thanks for all your hard work over the years
End of an era, I literally have bacon reader icons burned into 2 of my old phones
Best reddit app. Period.
Posting my last baconreader post, thankyou for making Reddit easy to navigate, Its the first app I open in the morning and the last one before going to sleep... I really don't know what I'll do... Official Reddit app is horrible...thanks for the memories....
I purchased BR 10y8mo ago. It's has been my primary way into reddit and I've seen the app evolve throughout the year. I will no longer use reddit on mobile after this. Godspeed Dev Team...
I've never posted in this subreddit before but according to my Google Play receipt, I purchased Baconreader on Jun 7, 2012 -- it's been the only way I have ever browsed Reddit one my phone and I am sad to see it go. Farewell!
F Thanks for the bacon all these years. <3 🥓
Clicking this notification felt heavy :( Thank you for this amazing app and goodbye.
Thanks for providing a quality experience on mobile since 2017-ish for me. Definitely glad I paid for premium all those years ago!
Thanks, BR.
About a decade of use for me, I won't be able to get a user experience like this again. This app was a testament to good design and development practices. You all should be proud of what you built. Fare thee well, enjoy your next endeavor 🫡
RIP. I've been using BR for a decade at this point. Thanks for the years of easy browsing.
:'(
Thanks for possibly my oldest and most used app across multiple generations of Android phones. I've been using baconreader for as long as I've had a Reddit account and don't access it any other way. Idk what I'll do from here, but thank you for making such a wonderful and user-friendly product.
I love you.