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Reddit is completely unusable on mobile without the app. I get that they want ad revenue, and if they were less ham-handed about it (and if their app was signif
by caymanjim 8y ago
Reddit is completely unusable on mobile without the app. I get that they want ad revenue, and if they were less ham-handed about it (and if their app was significantly less shitty, and with more subtle ads), I might have installed it.
I'll keep using Reddit from a desktop browser, but I won't install the app. So now they get no revenue from me, when they had the chance to get some.
- atoav 8y agoI don’t trust a company like this enogh to install their software on my machine. If they do the design equivalent of cutting your wrists and begging for love even less so. I was the traditional target demographic of reddit, now I will go out of my way to avoid it. Just like Pinterest
- taneq 8y ago> Reddit is completely unusable on mobile without the app Without an app, anyway. I've been using Diode (available on FDroid, not sure about the Play store) and it's pretty good from what I've seen.
- firmgently 8y agoOn my phone in Brave/Chrome I use desktop mode and old.reddit.com which is fine in terms of usability (completely agree that default Reddit mobile is a user-hostile embarrassment).
- 0db532a0 8y agoYour demographic has no bearing on Reddit’s bottom line.
- pault 8y agoThe demographic of people that want to view the site on a phone?