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And yet Twitter, Quora, Reddit, and every pizza place tell me I need to download a 100mb binary app to read text and order delivery.
by kgin 6y ago
And yet Twitter, Quora, Reddit, and every pizza place tell me I need to download a 100mb binary app to read text and order delivery.
- cblconfederate 6y agotwitter on android seems to be a web app
- jeroenhd 6y agoI use the web app, but certain features ("fleets") aren't available in the web version. So far, I haven't felt like I'm missing out on anything, but it's an intentionally incomplete experience.
- Kipters 6y agoOnly the "Lite" app, regular Twitter is mostly native
- vijaybritto 6y agoIts not a webapp. Its a native app AFAIK
- ffpip 6y agoDownload the app to view this comment with the best experience.
- mhh__ 6y agoReddit in particular is absolutely horrendous. I don't use twitter, but I could forgive them for being a little slow (if they are?) because of the sheer volume but the reddit app literally grinds my phone to a holt just to load one photo (often, too)
- spiderfarmer 6y agoThe Apollo app is the only correct way to browse Reddit.
- toyg 6y agoNarwhal and RIF are alright too. But yes, anything but the new website, on desktop too.
- remram 6y agoDo those have tabs? Otherwise I'll have to stick to my browser.
- cpascal 6y agoI'm dreading the day Reddit kills the API's Apollo is using.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoThat’s the day I stop using reddit
- cpascal 6y agoI’m with you there.
- spiderfarmer 6y agoSame here. Big win for other social media platforms probably.
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- ianlevesque 6y agoThis is a reaction to ad blocking.
- fartcannon 6y agoYes, and powerfully indicators of which services are full of trash. Nothing like that here on HN, and it's some of the best news/comments on the web.
- offtop5 6y agoHN has a vastly different revenue model. When you need ad revenue, you need user tracking as well as incendiary content. If you can't get people upset so they keep interacting, and then suggest they go and buy some new coffee filters, how will you ever turn a profit. It's not like Reddit is one guy who lives in the woods, it has so much investor money they need to keep growth up. And app installs are absolutely a fantastic kpi, the more people they can force to install the app the more active installs they can claim, and that makes board members happy To be completely fair I think hacker News also attracts a much more mature demographic. The mod team does a very good job in filtering out even borderline content.
- Barrin92 6y agoI don't think I've ever experienced anything worse than how reddit tries to make you install their app. The amount of intentional intrusions it creates to make it impossible for you to actually use anything but the app is ridiculous.