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Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by supercoder »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #157
morley wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This new app got released minutes ago. It's not going to be perfect out of the gate. Give it some time.

If you replace an existing app with a new one the new one better be at least as good and feature-complete as the old one. Remember that you can never take away features once they have been rolled out.

Of course you can take them away. If you don't you become Microsoft.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by HemanHeartYou »

ihuman wrote: post #10

With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…

it seems reddit has always been disconnected from a proper mobile experience. both of their mobile versions of the site have been abyssmal, i'm not surprised the app sucks too

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by norea-armozel »

tma-1 wrote: post #97

Narwhal is one of the most underrated Reddit apps, so much better than AB and obviously superior to this new app.

Yeah, after trying all the apps on iOS I prefer Narwhal the most. I'm not sure why. It's similar to Reddit is fun in terms of the subreddit list which why I guess I like it. The other apps seem to not make it easier to manage your multis or subreddits.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by tokenizerrr »

kuschku wrote: post #155
tokenizerrr wrote: post #45

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They claim they are committed to supporting that free API[1]. And if they kill it, it would also kill all those reddit bots. There would be a massive outrage since many large subreddits rely on them for advanced automated moderation. There's AutoMod which they've integrated, but it's often not enough. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4dqxgt/reddi...

Or they could just limit it to 10 IPs per API key. Kills all 3rd party clients, but leaves bots.

If anyone can sign up for a bot API key, then anyone can sign up for a 3rd party client API key. It'd add a step or two, but still.

Anyway, you don't need an API key at all currently. And they said they intend to support the current API.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Lawtonfogle »

kuschku wrote: post #154
girvo wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's quite far from censoring but rather Reddit censoring itself. While you're completely correct, and this case is exactly that, the end result is the same isn't it?

Not really, because reddit had a choice not to censor itself. The result would have been that /r/watchpeopledie would be not findable in German Google with safe search on, and that it would be blocked in all schools, and if you install a family blocker software at home.

Reddit really has a really hard to follow rule as to what content is or isn't allowed.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by quarterto »

jedrek wrote: post #162

My favorite part of this app is how they only released it in three countries, because nothing says "front page of the internet more" than a good ol' geo-lock.

This was explained in the original announcement thread. It'd be easy for a bunch of countries to turn round to Apple/Google and say "we don't want this app in our country", especially given the... breadth of Reddit's content. They're rolling out slowly to reduce the amount of firefighting they have to do.

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4dqxgt/reddi...

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