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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 na

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...

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...