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Is this some galaxy brain "let's make the web experience terrible to force people to native apps" strategy? Yes. If you browse it on your phone they even make
by shultays 6y ago
Is this some galaxy brain "let's make the web experience terrible to force people to native apps" strategy?
Yes. If you browse it on your phone they even make more annoying by displaying footbar "launch on our native app"
- iliekcomputers 6y agoFor all the shit that the desktop web experience gets, the mobile web experience on reddit is a 1000 times worse. It sometimes blocks you from viewing certain (cough NSFW cough) subreddits unless you use the app, umm what??
- shultays 6y agoHeh, they are probably assuming people would be more ashamed to complain if the block is NSFW only.
- Okawari 6y agoEven worse that most communities, even safe for work ones like gaming communities are locked being using the app. I can't access any of my favored subreddits on mobile without visiting the old site. The good thing is that refusing to download the app has cleared me of my reddit addiction
- vorpalhex 6y agoUse a third party app. They use api access and universally offer a better experience, without content blocking.
- luckman212 6y agoWhich app do you recommend? I tried Apollo, Narwhal and Comet and didn't think any were as good as the native Reddit app.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoNot only that, they also have some A/B testing in place which makes email id mandatory if you signup via mobile browser; of-course email id is not needed for mobile app. I also found that the mobile dials home quite regularly when in background.