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Funny, they make me not read reddit on mobile with their insistence on using the app. But the real reason is tracking and spamming you with notifications to get "engagement".
So maybe that’s why they want you in the app? They know their website is terrible?
A little bit cleaner.
Yeah ads. If you're on iOS check out Apollo, made by a solo developer and does not display ads. I'm not sure what the equivalent on Android would be (someone chime in if you know).
It's not only ads.. well in the end it is, but that app's largely about stickyness and push vs. pull. By visiting the website, you're the one pulling, wanting to visit and viewing the content or messages on your time. By installing the app, any message or update is pushed to you instantly, pulling you to the website, making it less your decision to visit, but being pulled in. A Medusa-like call that's hard for many t…
Funny, they make me not read reddit on mobile with their insistence on using the app. But the real reason is tracking and spamming you with notifications to get "engagement".
I still use old.reddit.com. Such an improved experience, even on mobile where the format doesn’t fit. So maybe that’s why they want you in the app? They know their website is terrible?
Open source and neat design
Yeah ads. If you're on iOS check out Apollo, made by a solo developer and does not display ads. I'm not sure what the equivalent on Android would be (someone chime in if you know).
I have been using RedReader[1] on Android which doesn't display ads and it's also open source software. [1] https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader
Open source too
Yeah ads. If you're on iOS check out Apollo, made by a solo developer and does not display ads. I'm not sure what the equivalent on Android would be (someone chime in if you know).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayay...
First their website redesign makes the whole thing slow and unusable, then they start making the app get invasive and abusive.
All in the name of "engagement".
I use
2) https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit
I don't use neither the official bloated site nor official Android app. They are way much animated, bloated,slow.
I think that current focus of reddit is to become social media. Earlier days,reddit was focused on creating better forum,discussion platform. There is gradual change in focus ,i guess.
On mobile, I use 1) https://i.reddit.com 2) https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit I don't use neither the official bloated site nor official Android app. They are way much animated, bloated,slow. I think that current focus of reddit is to become social media. Earlier days,reddit was focused on creating better forum,discussion platform. There is gradual change in focus ,i guess.
Theres a few people talking about the "unbundling of reddit" that's going on at the moment. I forget where I read it but basically some larger communities are starting to break off again into their own platforms.