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Many websites indeed pester us to download their mobile app but I have yet to find one that forces me to? Do they actually exist?

by bambax 7y ago

ayushgp 7y ago
Reddit forces you to download the app now. You can scroll like 2-4 pages worth of content and then it'll pop up asking you to open in app. On every page you navigate to from within the website you'll first get a pop up asking to choose between browser and reddit app.
- alex_free 7y ago
  If I’m ever on YouTube or Reddit I always set request desktop site to always in Safari on iOS.
- e2le 7y ago
  I'm using old.reddit.com and wasn't aware they started doing this. Reddit is turning into a dumpster fire, it's bad enough I have to use the old UI so that it doesn't burn a hole in the cpu.
  - virgilp 7y ago
    Forget the CPU usage, I only use the old UI because it's better/ I find it more usable. Or maybe I'm just getting old :D
    - J5892 7y ago
      It's both. The new UI is terrible and barely useable. But Gen-Z is used to barely useable UX. (looking at you, Snapchat)
    - e2le 7y ago
      I wont disagree there, it's not useable. I wonder what possessed them into believing any of this was a good idea.
      - cwzwarich 7y ago
        The new UI increases the similarity between posts and ads, making you more likely to mistakingly click on an ad.
    - SirLotsaLocks 7y ago
      the new UI is so uncomfortable to use, I don't like how bloated websites are becoming, but usually I can cope with it. Reddit's is just bad. It's buggy, it's inconsistent, and its resource-intensive.
  - hyperbovine 7y ago
    > I'm using old.reddit.com Heyo that's awesome! I feel ten years younger.
- ripdog 7y ago
  It's worth noting that Reddit has a vibrant community of excellent third party apps, none of which display Reddit ads.
  - mindajar 7y ago
    Which means Reddit is almost certainly going to break all of them, eventually.
- Nursie 7y ago
  > On every page you navigate to from within the website you'll first get a pop up asking to choose between browser and reddit app. There's a user setting for this, somewhere. I found it once. It's default on but once you un-check it you no longer see the app nags. It's great. And terrible they hid it like that. --edit-- Or there was, damned if I can find it now.
- ansible 7y ago
  You can turn off the prompting for the app in the top-right menu. You don't even need to log in for that.
- DocG 7y ago
  Reddit outside of old.reddit.com is a dumpster fire. I specially dislike those JS loading icons on mobile, it's just so slow...
shredprez 7y ago
Yelp! Try clicking "read more" on any review in a mobile browser and see what happens.
- forkandwait 7y ago
  So don't use yelp
  - samatman 7y ago
    This would be a more attractive option if it didn't amount to 'cede yet another part of the Internet to Google'.
    - mixmastamyk 7y ago
      Reminds me of when Microsoft took over. Many of their competitors destroyed themselves in the 80s and 90s.
      - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
        In my final year of university during the late 90s, we'd have different companies come in to do presentations on what they do and why we should work for them. Microsoft did a two hour presentation on how great of a place Microsoft is to work at. About a month later Sun came in and did a two hour presentation on how much Microsoft sucks and how stupid you'd have to be to go work there. We learned almost nothing about Sun from their presentation. After that I really started noticing just how much Sun allowed their business decisions to be guided by antagonizing Microsoft rather than providing products and services to their customers. I wasn't surprised at all by their eventual failure.
- tcberry 7y ago
  You can get around that by selecting "View desktop site" on your mobile browser.
TranceMan 7y ago
I tried to use imgur on mobile to upload a random image today but couldn't［FireFox］ Using FF on my desktop worked fine.
- dvh 7y ago
  That is the ultimate end of every free image hosting service.
  - Noumenon72 7y ago
    Being able to work on Firefox but not their own app?
    - chrysoprace 7y ago
      I think they're referring to the Imgur mobile website, which no longer allows uploads, requiring you to download the Imgur app.
jedberg 7y ago
Instagram. Can't read messages unless you use the app. Snapchat is of course app only.
- fwn 7y ago
  That was true for a while but they added this feature some time ago. https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/ https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/
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bananamerica 7y ago
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Many websites indeed pester us to download their mobile app but I have yet to find one that forces me to? Do they actually exist?

by bambax 7y ago

Many websites indeed pester us to download their mobile app but I have yet to find one that forces me to? Do they actually exist?

ayushgp 7y ago

Reddit forces you to download the app now. You can scroll like 2-4 pages worth of content and then it'll pop up asking you to open in app. On every page you navigate to from within the website you'll first get a pop up asking to choose between browser and reddit app.

alex_free 7y ago
If I’m ever on YouTube or Reddit I always set request desktop site to always in Safari on iOS.
e2le 7y ago
I'm using old.reddit.com and wasn't aware they started doing this. Reddit is turning into a dumpster fire, it's bad enough I have to use the old UI so that it doesn't burn a hole in the cpu.
- virgilp 7y ago
  Forget the CPU usage, I only use the old UI because it's better/ I find it more usable. Or maybe I'm just getting old :D
  - J5892 7y ago
    It's both. The new UI is terrible and barely useable. But Gen-Z is used to barely useable UX. (looking at you, Snapchat)
  - e2le 7y ago
    I wont disagree there, it's not useable. I wonder what possessed them into believing any of this was a good idea.
    - cwzwarich 7y ago
      The new UI increases the similarity between posts and ads, making you more likely to mistakingly click on an ad.
  - SirLotsaLocks 7y ago
    the new UI is so uncomfortable to use, I don't like how bloated websites are becoming, but usually I can cope with it. Reddit's is just bad. It's buggy, it's inconsistent, and its resource-intensive.
- hyperbovine 7y ago
  > I'm using old.reddit.com Heyo that's awesome! I feel ten years younger.
ripdog 7y ago
It's worth noting that Reddit has a vibrant community of excellent third party apps, none of which display Reddit ads.
- mindajar 7y ago
  Which means Reddit is almost certainly going to break all of them, eventually.
Nursie 7y ago
> On every page you navigate to from within the website you'll first get a pop up asking to choose between browser and reddit app. There's a user setting for this, somewhere. I found it once. It's default on but once you un-check it you no longer see the app nags. It's great. And terrible they hid it like that. --edit-- Or there was, damned if I can find it now.
ansible 7y ago
You can turn off the prompting for the app in the top-right menu. You don't even need to log in for that.
DocG 7y ago
Reddit outside of old.reddit.com is a dumpster fire. I specially dislike those JS loading icons on mobile, it's just so slow...

shredprez 7y ago

Yelp! Try clicking "read more" on any review in a mobile browser and see what happens.

forkandwait 7y ago
So don't use yelp
- samatman 7y ago
  This would be a more attractive option if it didn't amount to 'cede yet another part of the Internet to Google'.
  - mixmastamyk 7y ago
    Reminds me of when Microsoft took over. Many of their competitors destroyed themselves in the 80s and 90s.
    - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
      In my final year of university during the late 90s, we'd have different companies come in to do presentations on what they do and why we should work for them. Microsoft did a two hour presentation on how great of a place Microsoft is to work at. About a month later Sun came in and did a two hour presentation on how much Microsoft sucks and how stupid you'd have to be to go work there. We learned almost nothing about Sun from their presentation. After that I really started noticing just how much Sun allowed their business decisions to be guided by antagonizing Microsoft rather than providing products and services to their customers. I wasn't surprised at all by their eventual failure.
tcberry 7y ago
You can get around that by selecting "View desktop site" on your mobile browser.

TranceMan 7y ago

I tried to use imgur on mobile to upload a random image today but couldn't［FireFox］ Using FF on my desktop worked fine.

dvh 7y ago
That is the ultimate end of every free image hosting service.
- Noumenon72 7y ago
  Being able to work on Firefox but not their own app?
  - chrysoprace 7y ago
    I think they're referring to the Imgur mobile website, which no longer allows uploads, requiring you to download the Imgur app.

jedberg 7y ago

Instagram. Can't read messages unless you use the app. Snapchat is of course app only.

fwn 7y ago
That was true for a while but they added this feature some time ago. https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/ https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/

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bananamerica 7y ago

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