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Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Mithaldu »

werid wrote: post #17
Mithaldu wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your failure here is not that you are not making it available, but that you failed to communicate this limit in ability. The flow for me was "hey neat", click link to reddit page , "ok, this looks good", click link to google play store , click green Install button , 'none of your devices are compatible', "what in the ever-loving ...?", go to hn comments , "oh goddamn, not again". That could've been MUCH shorter and M…

https://twitter.com/reddit/status/718067681438539778 "Reddit anywhere with our app for iPhone & Android" Replies are filled with people from countries where they can't get it.

Wow, "anywhere" makes it actively worse.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Slippery_John »

I thought the whole point of not doing mobile apps themselves was because it's a waste of engineering time since there's a massive community that will do the work for them. I would much rather see them focus on making the site better.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Inversechi »

zamalek wrote: post #4

> This item isn't available in your country. It's an app for Reddit. Go figure. I'll be sticking with Sync (Android), which doesn't have this bewildering region restriction, has tons of features and faithfully follows Material.

I too feel the same way. Sync is the best Android client for Reddit I've used. Have you tried the new v11 builds?

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by asd »

I think I now know why Reddit was so generous with all of the Gold. The app, although very fast and responsive on iOS, lacks many of the features that Alien Blue had. I could find zero integrations with any third party services. The cool thing about Alien Blue is, if I was a stoplight and didn't have time to read a linked article, I'd just add it to Pinboard and get back to it later.

Another major failing - there isn't an option to always open links in your browser of choice. At least use a Safari View Controller, for pete's sake.

EDIT: It looks like I can choose to share a link with the ... menu option. I can then share to my Pinner "Quick Save" option to save to Pinboard. Not sure how I missed it.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by 0x0 »

alexis wrote: post #6
zamalek wrote: post #4

> This item isn't available in your country. It's an app for Reddit. Go figure. I'll be sticking with Sync (Android), which doesn't have this bewildering region restriction, has tons of features and faithfully follows Material.

We're now available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Launching apps in other countries requires a little bit more diligence than just making a website available globally. I'm sorry it's not available in your country -- we're planning on getting it out everywhere.

Why is that? Is it related to the crypto export restrictions in the Apple App Store?

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by morley »

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…

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

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by jbob2000 »

pricechild wrote: post #15
alexis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're now available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Launching apps in other countries requires a little bit more diligence than just making a website available globally. I'm sorry it's not available in your country -- we're planning on getting it out everywhere.

Could you expand on what diligence is required?

It probably has to do with advertising. The purpose of this app is to monetize the mobile users and they can't make money off users in countries where the ads can't be shown (for whatever reason).

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by basch »

asd wrote: post #25

I think I now know why Reddit was so generous with all of the Gold. The app, although very fast and responsive on iOS, lacks many of the features that Alien Blue had. I could find zero integrations with any third party services. The cool thing about Alien Blue is, if I was a stoplight and didn't have time to read a linked article, I'd just add it to Pinboard and get back to it later. Another major failing - there isn…

would you prefer homebrew integration or standard ones through the ios share apis?

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by jscheel »

asd wrote: post #25

I think I now know why Reddit was so generous with all of the Gold. The app, although very fast and responsive on iOS, lacks many of the features that Alien Blue had. I could find zero integrations with any third party services. The cool thing about Alien Blue is, if I was a stoplight and didn't have time to read a linked article, I'd just add it to Pinboard and get back to it later. Another major failing - there isn…

I know Alien Blue is feature-packed, but I have always found it difficult to use.
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