Is Boost for reddit finally dead?
Is Boost for reddit finally dead?
Posting here since the boost sub on Reddit is completely locked.
As of a few hours ago the Boost for reddit app is giving me 403 errors and won't load anything at all. I've been continuing to use Boost for Reddit since the app-ocolypse since im a mod. But it seems like it might actually be dead now?
Can anyone else confirm?
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Works again after revanced patch.
https://github.com/wchill/revanced-patchesI did this the other day, can confirm no issues by following wchill's guide to install the patch.
Can someone explain to me how the revance patches work? Do I need to download any revance app to apply them? Where is that app?
Sorry that I am an idiot.
- Get revanced app from revanced.app. Download and install. Dont download from any other websites like revanced.net etc
- Follow instructions precisely from https://github.com/wchill/revanced-patches
- If you dont know how to do step 4 on the above link, its explained here https://github.com/KobeW50/ReVanced-Documentation/blob/main/Reddit-Client-ID-Guide.md#info OR here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.dg2gcpgawdj5
Thank you! Though may this "fiasco" serve as a reminder that we are all better off building Lemmy into something better rather than keep engaging with reddit.
It's a wonderful aspiration, but I literally was the 3rd sign up on Reddit... No word of a lie, I actually emailed spez his own source code because he had his server misconfigured to report verbose errors.
Reddit has been a piece of shit from day one, it's always been a piece of shit, it will always be a piece of shit, people love pieces of shit.
And a real problem underlying is that people are shit.
So you cannot build any type of community until we learn as a tech community how to organize humans by intellectual capacity, instead of by interests.
Bug report is getting a little spicy.
Kinda crazy the devs shut down wchill's patches and insist on the more fragile "lets generate a random user agent".
The redirect URL and user agent manual spoof is much more reliable because at least it really does look like someone's custom app, and closes options for them in the future to block it again.
Replying to this for visibility. This worked for me. Took less then 5 minutes.
Thank you so much!
edit: huh... just realized your username...
Did you put the user agent data exactly like in the guide? Cuz i still get 403 with it
You need to use your username.
i changed the username section with my own username in both parts for the useragent. i just read the comments above where its not working for some...
might have to do a trial and error.
perchance did you create a new installed app instance instead of recyclying the old instance for the first revanve workaround?
Youre welcome :) .. lol u also have similar username
Did revanced manager change? I just downloaded the latest version on my new phone and I don't have the ability to patch an app not listed?
Cant really say anything about this. I have 1.23.3. It worked on this version for me. I dont know if its the latest one or one of the older versions
Apparently there are two ReVanced manager apps... I was looking for the one on youtubevanced.gg and not revnced.net...
youtubevanced.gg is definitely some sort of malware. It redirected me to a "your computer is infected" scam.
The only official one is neither of those sites, it's http://revanced.app/. Anything else is probably a version patched with malware.
.net? I only know about revanced.app from revanced subreddit
Not working for me sadly.
Initially it also only partially worked for me (couldnt login) bcz i had a mistake in authentication url. Later i followed the guide precisely step by step and it worked.
Oh, yep! Just got it to work too
I followed the guide step by step and i still get 403 blocked. The faq says I've messed up the user agent text but I've copy paste it directly from the guide and only changed my username.
android:com.username.reddit:v1.0 (by /u/username)(using my own username)So it looks like that
android:com.MyName.reddit:v1.0 (by /u/MyNameYou'd want something like this:
android:com.username.reddit:v1.0 (by /u/Kon)
Don't change that first username
For what it's worth, I changed both usernames and it worked.
That's what i did the first time and still got 403 blocked so then i tried changing both usernames.
I tried it again now with the same result. I don't understand why it's blocking me