Big news! Winston, the Reddit client, is free to use and I got banned from Reddit!
Actual publishing date: Aug 4, 2023
👋 Hey!
I've been developing Winston, a new iOS client for Reddit, for a while now. Until today Winston was restricted to Patreon subscribers, but apparently that made Reddit pretty angry and decided to ban my Reddit account and email me a threatening letter asking me to shutdown the app.
If you wanna check the letter (and my response to them), you can access this link:
https://public.hey.com/p/4Do18sfR5hKbZTkMydt3xVNT
While this is nonsense since my Reddit account is not linked to Winston at all, it is what it is, so I decided to do something about it, and Reddit's attempt to shut my mouth app may have backfired.
Now Winston is free to use and it turned FOSS, which means you can either test it for free in TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/3UF8bAUN
Or fork it's code in GitHub:
https://github.com/Kinark/winston
But you can still donate through our Patreon:
https://patreon.com/user?u=93745105
This will maybe allow Winston to be released on the App Store for free as well, who knows. Let's watch the next steps of this show together!
Congratulations, u/Spez, you're a coward and the most incompetent CEO to ever exist.
That's it! Thanks for keeping up with me!
