Doesn’t seem to, they announced this a couple months ago

!astrophotography@lemmy.world

One I used to run, /r/astrophotogramemes, is still private. Had about 1k subs before the protests. On /r/astrophotography we basically left it unmoderated for almost a year before new mods came in

It’s definitely real, at least for the amateur astronomy subs I (used to) mod. I suspect a lot of the traffic to askastrophotography or telescopes is from people googling stuff and browsing though mobile web, but since /r/astrophotography is just photos, most are just on the app

Probably varies a bit from sub to sub, but old reddit users are a clear minority. The vast majority use the app

https://github.com/Balackburn/Apollo

You’ll have to install AltStore (or Sideloady) on your computer + phone to resign the app each week (this can happen automatically if they’re on the same wifi network). You can make your own personal API key at https://old.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ (It’s limited to 100 requests per 10 mins, which you wont run into browsing by yourself). Also as long as you moderate a subreddit (I think even if it’s just an empty one you make), NSFW content wont be blocked on the API.

Also while you’re sideloading, I’d highly recommend uYouPlus for a better youtube app

It’s at least possible to sideload Apollo and use your own API key for it.