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Unfortunately the way things are going I can see them getting rid of old.reddit.com and i.reddit.com, at which point I think I'll also stop visiting the website

Unfortunately the way things are going I can see them getting rid of old.reddit.com and i.reddit.com, at which point I think I'll also stop visiting the website (the mobile website is atrocious and I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum).

goda90 7y ago
For mobile, I've been using an open source app(RedReader). It's not actively developed anymore, so new "features" like silver and platinum, etc, are left out. I think the last big feature that was added was v.redd.it with sound. If Reddit ever locks down their APIs so third party apps don't work, I'll probably be done.
iRobbery 7y ago
ah thanks for answering that for me. I sometimes pondered if i did make an account on reddit, if it then would less horrible. :)
johnnycab 7y ago
>I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum Apollo (iOS) provides a nice and clean design, as does Joey (Android) which copies the style of the former. Even on the desktop, the experience is smooth and manageable, by using uMatrix and RES, whether you are browsing old.reddit or not. I don't understand the hesitancy in using these enhancements to enrich your user experience.
- pritambaral 7y ago
  > I don't understand your hesitancy in using these enhancements to enrich your user experience. Not your parent, but I know of no mobile app that allows me certain enhancements that are simply standard on my (mobile) web browser: tabs, ad-blocking, & accessibility. Tabs: because I multi-task, and I compartmentalise my reading. If all I have is an app, then the app either needs to re-invent tabs within it (none I've found so far) or I am forced to have at-most one post/thread I could be reading. The latter is particularly bad. Extra bad when it happens automatically: say I pause reading a post, go to a different app/website, and click on a reddit link there. Add Firefox's Containers to the mix and the 'Tabs!' benefit becomes even better. Ad-blocking: Need I say more? Well, more than blocking ads, the general ability to block annoying (highly so in the case of reddit) elements of a page using uBlock Origin or uMatrix. RES doesn't yet work on the mobile web (likely due to the lack of popularity of mobile browsers that _do_ support add-ons), but if it did, I absolutely would use it. Accessibility: I can print, copy, link to, search in, or have read aloud any page or part of any page on the web. I haven't yet seen a Ctrl+F equivalent in a reddit app, but my mobile browser has Find In Page.
  - jangstrom 7y ago
    FWIW, Apollo doesn't render the ads. Neither does Sync on Android.
  - unethical_ban 7y ago
    "reddit is fun" for android has few ads (text only, obvious difference from content) and has an easy way to copy, share, find in page, find on site, etc. And if you have a reddit account, you can save pages ala HN to quickly go back. Not as good as tabs, I get it. RIF is of the few apps I have for content. This is compared to the Washington Post mobile app, which is essentially a wrapper around the mobile site that prevents copying text, has annoying ads despite being a subscriber, and has no redeeming functionality.
  - Lammy 7y ago
    Reddit barely has traditional ads to block. You don’t see them on any mobile client I’ve ever used. The native ads vastly vastly outnumber them anyway, and the only way to get away from those is to leave the entire site.
- Tokiin 7y ago
  Thank you for the Apollo recommendation! I was getting tired of the official Reddit app constantly changing the buttons under the posts.
  - johnnycab 7y ago
    You are welcome. I have zero affiliation with the project; in my humble opnion, the dev is an all-round nice person. https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cfmlca/i_build_the_apollo_reddit_app_and_im_donating_100/ https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cfmlca/i_build_the_a...
  - mturmon 7y ago
    Seconded. Apollo is fantastic.
- philshem 7y ago
  Do any of the apps allow for browsing or opening links without an account or logging in?
- aasasd 7y ago
  > Reddit closes comments to non-accounts > some people stick to third-party apps to evade Reddit's tactics Guess what goes away next. (My bet is old.reddit first, because no one supports two versions of a site for the same platform—other than for accessibility.)
  - BlueTemplar 7y ago
    Mobile is not the same "platform" as desktop, but yeah, probably...
carokann 7y ago
6 year member here with >25k karma. if old.reddit goes down i'm out as well.
- aloisdg 7y ago
  7y with around ~40k karma. I am already leaving a bit more everyday. old.reddit.com is a blessing from the past.
  - mietek 7y ago
    12 year club; charter member; already gone.
    - AJ007 7y ago
      What are you using now? I’ve been an active member of various communities and forums over the years (excluding reddit), and I never actively left one. It was always just a realization I hadn’t been to the site (or really aging myself, BBS) in a year. Most of them where daily habits at one point.
      - lghh 7y ago
        I wonder if there is a market for a Reddit alternative that is somehow treads the line between being a cesspool like that one site that tried to replace Reddit when they banned a lot of fascist stuff was and that other site that infantilized everyone. Is there a middle ground? I feel like treading it would be useful.
        kissickas 7y ago
        The first one you're referencing is voat.co. I can't remember the name of the second, but I do remember cute-looking dinosaurs all over the place and I think that's the one you're talking about. Side note - I thought Victoria Taylor (/u/chooter) left for that competitor, but it appears that she was at WeWork and now at LinkedIn (as of August - just in time!)
ryanmercer 7y ago
>Unfortunately the way things are going I can see them getting rid of old.reddit.com Well, if they do I'm out. The new is, and always has been, a steaming pile. I mean, people can't even confidently reply to who they think they are and often reply to the OP instead of a comment (I see this every single day in multiple threads) and as a mod I absolutely hate the way new Reddit is set up on the mod side. New Reddit is also just flat out hideous in appearance. One of the reasons I've paid for Reddit for years is so I could strip custom themes to keep a plain experience not unlike HN. New Reddit is like 'Hey guys!!!!!! We discovered pastels, omg omg omg do you want to see pictures because here are a bunch of pictures loaded rather large that you didn't ask to see, pictures, yay pictures, omg omg pictures!"
nimajneb 7y ago
I use the (old) desktop site on my phone. I also don't want extra apps that should just be websites.
- TheHypnotist 7y ago
  The app is clean. I can't even look at the actual website now.
  - choward 7y ago
    There is absolutely no reason the website shouldn't also be clean. The only reason not to have a good website sure is to lure people to use the app. It's a shady tactic that many companies use because people like you will just download the app, no questions asked.
    - thiagomgd 7y ago
      install the app, give all the permissions they ask, etc... :(
mrlala 7y ago
>and I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum Even if it's infinitely better? I have been using the 'reddit is fun' app for years, and it's the best experience by far. I hate even using my computer to browse reddit to be honest, I would rather sit and be comfortable with a phone. Can't say that about most sites. On the opposite end, I hate browsing hackernews on my phone so I almost never do. I can't click anything because it's so small. So I just end up using it on the desktop, which is fine I guess.. but it limits my interaction with this site.
BlueTemplar 7y ago
Heh, like I stopped visiting Slashdot after the new website was implemented. And it wasn't even like I was especially annoyed at the new interface, I just gradually used it less and less until completely stopping...
- thomascgalvin 7y ago
  Reddit has completely replaced Slashdot for me. I wonder what's going to replace Reddit...
  - thewelder 7y ago
    for me it went: slashdot-->digg-->reddit-->[?]
    - BlueTemplar 7y ago
      -->hackernews But as already pointed out, not everyone on reddit would go here... (P.S.: For my part, I skipped Digg.)
DocG 7y ago
That will be sad day. If old.reddit.com goes, so do I. I use Reddit mainly on phone, via browser because I use tabs and old.reddit.com because its the most content dense view and and is the fastest view (no stupid js loading icon thankyou). I'm not there, like I'm not here, for the design. I'm visiting for the content. Reddit.com front page takes about three seconds to load with stupid blocking js, old takes about second before I can start consuming. Apps are no better.
- mtVessel 7y ago
  "And my axe", as PTG used to say. The redesign did nothing positive and the site has less and less interesting content every day. They say the action is in the subs, but I still can't find a decent way to discover which ones are worthwhile. I find I'm just hanging on to the few I settled on years ago, and as my interest wanes, I visit less frequently. The day they pull old.reddit.com, I won't bother with the site at all.
  - unityByFreedom 7y ago
    > They say the action is in the subs, but I still can't find a decent way to discover which ones are worthwhile. I find I'm just hanging on to the few I settled on years ago, and as my interest wanes, I visit less frequently. I believe this is everyone's experience, even some admins'.

goda90 7y ago

For mobile, I've been using an open source app(RedReader). It's not actively developed anymore, so new "features" like silver and platinum, etc, are left out. I think the last big feature that was added was v.redd.it with sound. If Reddit ever locks down their APIs so third party apps don't work, I'll probably be done.

iRobbery 7y ago

ah thanks for answering that for me. I sometimes pondered if i did make an account on reddit, if it then would less horrible. :)

johnnycab 7y ago

>I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum Apollo (iOS) provides a nice and clean design, as does Joey (Android) which copies the style of the former. Even on the desktop, the experience is smooth and manageable, by using uMatrix and RES, whether you are browsing old.reddit or not. I don't understand the hesitancy in using these enhancements to enrich your user experience.

pritambaral 7y ago
> I don't understand your hesitancy in using these enhancements to enrich your user experience. Not your parent, but I know of no mobile app that allows me certain enhancements that are simply standard on my (mobile) web browser: tabs, ad-blocking, & accessibility. Tabs: because I multi-task, and I compartmentalise my reading. If all I have is an app, then the app either needs to re-invent tabs within it (none I've found so far) or I am forced to have at-most one post/thread I could be reading. The latter is particularly bad. Extra bad when it happens automatically: say I pause reading a post, go to a different app/website, and click on a reddit link there. Add Firefox's Containers to the mix and the 'Tabs!' benefit becomes even better. Ad-blocking: Need I say more? Well, more than blocking ads, the general ability to block annoying (highly so in the case of reddit) elements of a page using uBlock Origin or uMatrix. RES doesn't yet work on the mobile web (likely due to the lack of popularity of mobile browsers that _do_ support add-ons), but if it did, I absolutely would use it. Accessibility: I can print, copy, link to, search in, or have read aloud any page or part of any page on the web. I haven't yet seen a Ctrl+F equivalent in a reddit app, but my mobile browser has Find In Page.
- jangstrom 7y ago
  FWIW, Apollo doesn't render the ads. Neither does Sync on Android.
- unethical_ban 7y ago
  "reddit is fun" for android has few ads (text only, obvious difference from content) and has an easy way to copy, share, find in page, find on site, etc. And if you have a reddit account, you can save pages ala HN to quickly go back. Not as good as tabs, I get it. RIF is of the few apps I have for content. This is compared to the Washington Post mobile app, which is essentially a wrapper around the mobile site that prevents copying text, has annoying ads despite being a subscriber, and has no redeeming functionality.
- Lammy 7y ago
  Reddit barely has traditional ads to block. You don’t see them on any mobile client I’ve ever used. The native ads vastly vastly outnumber them anyway, and the only way to get away from those is to leave the entire site.
Tokiin 7y ago
Thank you for the Apollo recommendation! I was getting tired of the official Reddit app constantly changing the buttons under the posts.
- johnnycab 7y ago
  You are welcome. I have zero affiliation with the project; in my humble opnion, the dev is an all-round nice person. https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cfmlca/i_build_the_apollo_reddit_app_and_im_donating_100/ https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cfmlca/i_build_the_a...
- mturmon 7y ago
  Seconded. Apollo is fantastic.
philshem 7y ago
Do any of the apps allow for browsing or opening links without an account or logging in?
aasasd 7y ago
> Reddit closes comments to non-accounts > some people stick to third-party apps to evade Reddit's tactics Guess what goes away next. (My bet is old.reddit first, because no one supports two versions of a site for the same platform—other than for accessibility.)
- BlueTemplar 7y ago
  Mobile is not the same "platform" as desktop, but yeah, probably...

carokann 7y ago

6 year member here with >25k karma. if old.reddit goes down i'm out as well.

aloisdg 7y ago
7y with around ~40k karma. I am already leaving a bit more everyday. old.reddit.com is a blessing from the past.
- mietek 7y ago
  12 year club; charter member; already gone.
  - AJ007 7y ago
    What are you using now? I’ve been an active member of various communities and forums over the years (excluding reddit), and I never actively left one. It was always just a realization I hadn’t been to the site (or really aging myself, BBS) in a year. Most of them where daily habits at one point.
    - lghh 7y ago
      I wonder if there is a market for a Reddit alternative that is somehow treads the line between being a cesspool like that one site that tried to replace Reddit when they banned a lot of fascist stuff was and that other site that infantilized everyone. Is there a middle ground? I feel like treading it would be useful.
      - kissickas 7y ago
        The first one you're referencing is voat.co. I can't remember the name of the second, but I do remember cute-looking dinosaurs all over the place and I think that's the one you're talking about. Side note - I thought Victoria Taylor (/u/chooter) left for that competitor, but it appears that she was at WeWork and now at LinkedIn (as of August - just in time!)

ryanmercer 7y ago

>Unfortunately the way things are going I can see them getting rid of old.reddit.com Well, if they do I'm out. The new is, and always has been, a steaming pile. I mean, people can't even confidently reply to who they think they are and often reply to the OP instead of a comment (I see this every single day in multiple threads) and as a mod I absolutely hate the way new Reddit is set up on the mod side. New Reddit is also just flat out hideous in appearance. One of the reasons I've paid for Reddit for years is so I could strip custom themes to keep a plain experience not unlike HN. New Reddit is like 'Hey guys!!!!!! We discovered pastels, omg omg omg do you want to see pictures because here are a bunch of pictures loaded rather large that you didn't ask to see, pictures, yay pictures, omg omg pictures!"

nimajneb 7y ago

I use the (old) desktop site on my phone. I also don't want extra apps that should just be websites.

TheHypnotist 7y ago
The app is clean. I can't even look at the actual website now.
- choward 7y ago
  There is absolutely no reason the website shouldn't also be clean. The only reason not to have a good website sure is to lure people to use the app. It's a shady tactic that many companies use because people like you will just download the app, no questions asked.
  - thiagomgd 7y ago
    install the app, give all the permissions they ask, etc... :(

mrlala 7y ago

>and I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum Even if it's infinitely better? I have been using the 'reddit is fun' app for years, and it's the best experience by far. I hate even using my computer to browse reddit to be honest, I would rather sit and be comfortable with a phone. Can't say that about most sites. On the opposite end, I hate browsing hackernews on my phone so I almost never do. I can't click anything because it's so small. So I just end up using it on the desktop, which is fine I guess.. but it limits my interaction with this site.

BlueTemplar 7y ago

Heh, like I stopped visiting Slashdot after the new website was implemented. And it wasn't even like I was especially annoyed at the new interface, I just gradually used it less and less until completely stopping...

thomascgalvin 7y ago
Reddit has completely replaced Slashdot for me. I wonder what's going to replace Reddit...
- thewelder 7y ago
  for me it went: slashdot-->digg-->reddit-->[?]
  - BlueTemplar 7y ago
    -->hackernews But as already pointed out, not everyone on reddit would go here... (P.S.: For my part, I skipped Digg.)

DocG 7y ago

That will be sad day. If old.reddit.com goes, so do I. I use Reddit mainly on phone, via browser because I use tabs and old.reddit.com because its the most content dense view and and is the fastest view (no stupid js loading icon thankyou). I'm not there, like I'm not here, for the design. I'm visiting for the content. Reddit.com front page takes about three seconds to load with stupid blocking js, old takes about second before I can start consuming. Apps are no better.

mtVessel 7y ago
"And my axe", as PTG used to say. The redesign did nothing positive and the site has less and less interesting content every day. They say the action is in the subs, but I still can't find a decent way to discover which ones are worthwhile. I find I'm just hanging on to the few I settled on years ago, and as my interest wanes, I visit less frequently. The day they pull old.reddit.com, I won't bother with the site at all.
- unityByFreedom 7y ago
  > They say the action is in the subs, but I still can't find a decent way to discover which ones are worthwhile. I find I'm just hanging on to the few I settled on years ago, and as my interest wanes, I visit less frequently. I believe this is everyone's experience, even some admins'.