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This is possibly my most-uninstalled app because it makes reddit too addicting for me to handle. Its popularity is certainly a comment on the problems with overly JavaScript heavy web apps. Apollo’s biggest weakness is notifications. They don’t appear as quickly as they should and, for me, chat notifications don’t come through at all. I don’t prefer chat, but I’ve noticed an increasing number of users will open a cha…
It makes the same poor design choices as the “new reddit” redesign.
For what it’s worth, I still exclusively use the old reddit desktop mode on desktop and mobile. There’s an option towards the bottom of your account settings to make this permanent.
Installed the app, removed it pretty much right away. It makes the same poor design choices as the “new reddit” redesign. For what it’s worth, I still exclusively use the old reddit desktop mode on desktop and mobile. There’s an option towards the bottom of your account settings to make this permanent.
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I think the age of a mindfull, usefull Reddit are gone. It’s been trolls and crap content for years now, and it’s only getting worse IMHO. I think at some point the usefull, good communities will migrate somewhere else in the coming years
As long as your subreddit is small enough (500-25k) and never hits the front page it can be ok
In my opinion Apollo retains the biggest flaw of the reddit redesign, which is sad: By making the post body, and especially pictures, the first class citizen you incentivize all the wrong things: * It is inviting to mindlessly scroll * Attracting karma is paramount: The game is "upvote this in the 2 seconds I am spending scrolling past it or not" * This in turn incentivizes shallow posts, strong, polarizing messages…
I think the age of a mindfull, usefull Reddit are gone. It’s been trolls and crap content for years now, and it’s only getting worse IMHO. I think at some point the usefull, good communities will migrate somewhere else in the coming years
Installed the app, removed it pretty much right away. It makes the same poor design choices as the “new reddit” redesign. For what it’s worth, I still exclusively use the old reddit desktop mode on desktop and mobile. There’s an option towards the bottom of your account settings to make this permanent.
Have you tried changing the view to Compact Mode?
Apollo is honestly the only way to tolerate reddit on iOS (despite all the shortcoming everyone has pointed out). But the most interesting thing about Apollo is the dev's tight feedback loop with his users. Apollo's subreddit has activity that most indie developers can only dream of, and it's well deserved too; Christian goes the extra mile to interact with his users and constantly takes their input into account. htt…
Does it show ads?