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>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

>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...

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...