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Fuck AMP. The fact that there is no way to turn it off is one of the main reasons I don't use Google on my phone. DDG often has slightly poorer results, but I o

Fuck AMP. The fact that there is no way to turn it off is one of the main reasons I don't use Google on my phone. DDG often has slightly poorer results, but I often find answers to my questions in Reddit threads and Reddit has a horrible mobile experience. Between AMP and them throwing 15 different popups at me to get their app (why would I want their single tab app?!?!), it's borderline unusable.

pkamb 6y ago
Reddit has a mobile view that is almost the exact same UI as the AMP page. WHY do they allow Google to run the AMP page instead? I too have switched to DDG solely to avoid Reddit AMP pages.
- boogies 6y ago
  Because they have a gun to their cold cash craving heads, and will be demoted to lower positions in the results, lose traffic, and lose revenue if they dare withhold their content from the Internet’s biggest gatekeeper?
dontblink 6y ago
To be fair, reddit also has a horrible desktop experience. Thank goodness for RES and old version.
- Seirdy 6y ago
  There's also https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com for mobile. I personally prefer using the reddio [0] CLI and tuir [1] TUI for Reddit on the desktop. Ultimately, the best Reddit experience is less Reddit. [0]: https://gitlab.com/aaronNG/reddio https://gitlab.com/aaronNG/reddio [1]: https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir
phreack 6y ago
I've had the best experience ever since I ditched Google for DDG on my phone, and stuck Reddit on (old) desktop mode with a text wrapping browser. Don't miss Google at all, I only now use it to search for programming stuff.
- xythian 6y ago
  I've done exactly the same thing over the last month and wish I would have made the change sooner. The mobile web is vastly improved with fewer AMP results and new Reddit is just terrible. :shakesfist:
- Ziggy_Zaggy 6y ago
  +1 for DDG. If you're still using Google and prefer a more technical approach to your inquiries, maybe it's time for to consider a more refined tool?
  - skinnymuch 6y ago
    DDG isn’t that good. It is time to consider something more refined. DDG isn’t it.
- marakv2 6y ago
  I'm in the same boat, except using i.reddit. how come you use the desktop version?
  - phreack 6y ago
    Using Opera browser, the text reflows to always fit the screen on zoom, so nearly all desktop sites become very legible on mobile at a glance when zooming in, without having to scroll laterally. I keep withing for a FOSS browser with that functionality.
- anakaine 6y ago
  I've done almost the same thing. DDG, reddit in old mode. Google is now just for maps and stackoverflow related searches. Been at it for 4 months.
m-p-3 6y ago
I'm still pissed that Mozilla handled the Firefox Fenix transition so badly. I had a perfectly working Redirect AMP to HTML [1] addon on mobile, and now you can only install a set of whitelisted addon for the moment. Until then, the Firefox experience is significantly degraded on Android. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/amp2html/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/amp2html/
- esperent 6y ago
  Unless you keep using the old version of Firefox, which is still available and still works perfectly.
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    The thing is - will that work longer term ? Mozilla will not maintain the old codebase anymore and unless someone else takes it over (unlikely) tje old version can become insecure & missing new APIs. All that while Mozilla still not providing the missing features for the new version.
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  Does Fenix let you install userscripts? You could use https://github.com/bentasker/RemoveAMP https://github.com/bentasker/RemoveAMP. This is what I use on my Jailbroken iPhone.
tomcam 6y ago
http://old.reddit.com http://old.reddit.com
- SilasX 6y ago
  They botched that too. On mobile (web), even if I request the desktop site and set it to the old version in my settings, always goes to the redesign. I have to manually change any link's subdomain to old. The Reddit apps I've tried stick to the meth-addled idea to use fixed floating header bars, which are useless and really annoy me.
  - tomcam 6y ago
    Ugh. That's depressing. Reddit used to be almost as lean and mean as HN...

pkamb 6y ago

Reddit has a mobile view that is almost the exact same UI as the AMP page. WHY do they allow Google to run the AMP page instead? I too have switched to DDG solely to avoid Reddit AMP pages.

boogies 6y ago
Because they have a gun to their cold cash craving heads, and will be demoted to lower positions in the results, lose traffic, and lose revenue if they dare withhold their content from the Internet’s biggest gatekeeper?

dontblink 6y ago

To be fair, reddit also has a horrible desktop experience. Thank goodness for RES and old version.

Seirdy 6y ago
There's also https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com for mobile. I personally prefer using the reddio [0] CLI and tuir [1] TUI for Reddit on the desktop. Ultimately, the best Reddit experience is less Reddit. [0]: https://gitlab.com/aaronNG/reddio https://gitlab.com/aaronNG/reddio [1]: https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir

phreack 6y ago

I've had the best experience ever since I ditched Google for DDG on my phone, and stuck Reddit on (old) desktop mode with a text wrapping browser. Don't miss Google at all, I only now use it to search for programming stuff.

xythian 6y ago
I've done exactly the same thing over the last month and wish I would have made the change sooner. The mobile web is vastly improved with fewer AMP results and new Reddit is just terrible. :shakesfist:
Ziggy_Zaggy 6y ago
+1 for DDG. If you're still using Google and prefer a more technical approach to your inquiries, maybe it's time for to consider a more refined tool?
- skinnymuch 6y ago
  DDG isn’t that good. It is time to consider something more refined. DDG isn’t it.
marakv2 6y ago
I'm in the same boat, except using i.reddit. how come you use the desktop version?
- phreack 6y ago
  Using Opera browser, the text reflows to always fit the screen on zoom, so nearly all desktop sites become very legible on mobile at a glance when zooming in, without having to scroll laterally. I keep withing for a FOSS browser with that functionality.
anakaine 6y ago
I've done almost the same thing. DDG, reddit in old mode. Google is now just for maps and stackoverflow related searches. Been at it for 4 months.

m-p-3 6y ago

I'm still pissed that Mozilla handled the Firefox Fenix transition so badly. I had a perfectly working Redirect AMP to HTML [1] addon on mobile, and now you can only install a set of whitelisted addon for the moment. Until then, the Firefox experience is significantly degraded on Android. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/amp2html/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/amp2html/

esperent 6y ago
Unless you keep using the old version of Firefox, which is still available and still works perfectly.
- m4rtink 6y ago
  The thing is - will that work longer term ? Mozilla will not maintain the old codebase anymore and unless someone else takes it over (unlikely) tje old version can become insecure & missing new APIs. All that while Mozilla still not providing the missing features for the new version.
Wowfunhappy 6y ago
Does Fenix let you install userscripts? You could use https://github.com/bentasker/RemoveAMP https://github.com/bentasker/RemoveAMP. This is what I use on my Jailbroken iPhone.

tomcam 6y ago

http://old.reddit.com http://old.reddit.com

SilasX 6y ago
They botched that too. On mobile (web), even if I request the desktop site and set it to the old version in my settings, always goes to the redesign. I have to manually change any link's subdomain to old. The Reddit apps I've tried stick to the meth-addled idea to use fixed floating header bars, which are useless and really annoy me.
- tomcam 6y ago
  Ugh. That's depressing. Reddit used to be almost as lean and mean as HN...