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1 year agoDoesn’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.
The community-made XIV on Mac launcher/compatibility layer has better performance than the official client, and works on Intel Macs with AMD GPUs and all Apple Silicon Macs! I play it on a recent MacBook Air and it’s extremely smooth:
https://www.xivmac.com/