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Reddit mobile is deliberately terrible, amp or not. They want you to use their app. Use "old.reddit.com" (old style, best on desktop but ok on mobile) or "i.re

by GuB-42 5y ago

Reddit mobile is deliberately terrible, amp or not. They want you to use their app. Use "old.reddit.com" (old style, best on desktop but ok on mobile) or "i.reddit.com" (minimalist, for mobile) if you want something usable.

kevincox 5y ago
If you log into Reddit you can configure reddit.com to use the old interface. (at least for now).
- Stratoscope 5y ago
  That works on desktop, not on mobile.
  - ewindal 5y ago
    Sure it does. I’m defaulting to old reddit without old in the url while browsing on mobile.
    - p49k 5y ago
      Yes, but every couple days it switches back and you have to “request desktop site”.
      - alisonkisk 5y ago
        And it forces a super wide layout that requires either zooming out microscopic font size or scrolling horizontally for every line of text.
- lmm 5y ago
  No you can't, it will pretend to accept your preference and then randomly reset it after a few days.
  - kevincox 5y ago
    Weird. I've been using it for months with non-issue. Another comment suggested that maybe it doesn't last on mobile?
  - leviathant 5y ago
    Anecdotally, that has not been the case for me. Logged in from any device, I see the old reddit.
    - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
      For me on Safari, if I leave that tab open, ok, old for awhile. But if I open a new tab, I get the new garbage regardless of my “settings”. Only option left is to find a content blocker for iPhone that auto-redirects www to old. It’s really awful, but I’m hopeful these anti-patterns and other Reddit issues (because what is a preference cookie anyhow!?) accelerate alternatives.
  - wutbrodo 5y ago
    I've used it for a couple of years without it resetting
epidemian 5y ago
there's also this browser extension to always do that with reddit links, being logged in or not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...
Akronymus 5y ago
Even old.reddit.com, coming from a google search kinda sucks. Only top level comments, after a few comments there is a more comment button then a GIANT section for posts from the same subreddit, then finally the rest of the comments. You basically have to go to the nav bar and hit enter (to get the context of coming from a google search out of the site).

by GuB-42 5y ago

kevincox 5y ago

If you log into Reddit you can configure reddit.com to use the old interface. (at least for now).

Stratoscope 5y ago
That works on desktop, not on mobile.
- ewindal 5y ago
  Sure it does. I’m defaulting to old reddit without old in the url while browsing on mobile.
  - p49k 5y ago
    Yes, but every couple days it switches back and you have to “request desktop site”.
    - alisonkisk 5y ago
      And it forces a super wide layout that requires either zooming out microscopic font size or scrolling horizontally for every line of text.
lmm 5y ago
No you can't, it will pretend to accept your preference and then randomly reset it after a few days.
- kevincox 5y ago
  Weird. I've been using it for months with non-issue. Another comment suggested that maybe it doesn't last on mobile?
- leviathant 5y ago
  Anecdotally, that has not been the case for me. Logged in from any device, I see the old reddit.
  - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
    For me on Safari, if I leave that tab open, ok, old for awhile. But if I open a new tab, I get the new garbage regardless of my “settings”. Only option left is to find a content blocker for iPhone that auto-redirects www to old. It’s really awful, but I’m hopeful these anti-patterns and other Reddit issues (because what is a preference cookie anyhow!?) accelerate alternatives.
- wutbrodo 5y ago
  I've used it for a couple of years without it resetting

epidemian 5y ago

there's also this browser extension to always do that with reddit links, being logged in or not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...

Akronymus 5y ago

Even old.reddit.com, coming from a google search kinda sucks. Only top level comments, after a few comments there is a more comment button then a GIANT section for posts from the same subreddit, then finally the rest of the comments. You basically have to go to the nav bar and hit enter (to get the context of coming from a google search out of the site).