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Thanks. Reddit is such a good example of how "progress" hasn't really been progress in web development. The new front-end framework site is so much slower and m

• xchaotic 6y ago
  wow, it was so much better before. What the heck? Who made the decision to switch?
  • mkl 6y ago
    They want people using their app, for some reason I don't understand. Maybe to make ad-blocking harder by getting people off computers where it's easy (most mobile browsers don't support plugins, so it can't be about them).
    • the_only_law 6y ago
      Ironically, every time I click their “open in app” link it’s drips me straight to the App Store despite me having the app installed.
  • perlgeek 6y ago
    The old design was optimized for usability, the new is optimized for ad revenue and/or for pushing people on the app.