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Surely the most annoying thing is the endless requests to download the app. So irritating! I refuse to download it just because they insist so hard. Reddit is t

Surely the most annoying thing is the endless requests to download the app. So irritating! I refuse to download it just because they insist so hard. Reddit is the most basic site ever, there is absolutely no need for me to have an app.

wongarsu 5y ago
old.reddit.com is not mobile optimized at all, but still infinitely better than reddit.com. Alternatively, get one of the non-official apps (on Android I use rif).
- smnrchrds 5y ago
  If you are just a lurker, try http://teddit.net http://teddit.net It works well on mobile and desktop.
  - afterburner 5y ago
    Unfortunately, I really rely on my particular subreddit subscriptions to deliver the frontpage experience I want.
    - smnrchrds 5y ago
      Teddit supports multisub URLs. I am not sure if the effect is the exact same as the front page, but it looks similar enough. Just create a multisub and save it in your bookmarks. Like this: https://teddit.net/r/programming+python+haskell/ https://teddit.net/r/programming+python+haskell/
- BoorishBears 5y ago
  Is reddit.com mobile optimized? There's a bug where opening a post from a subreddit's main page always results in a weird border, like it's opening the post as a floating dialog. (Just to confirm tried it logged and out, same result: https://imgur.com/a/6yK9D8V https://imgur.com/a/6yK9D8V) That results in comments being squished down to a few characters wide and many many lines long I used to think it was a "me" bug, but it's followed me across 4 iPhones over the years! How can they have such an experience breaking bug on one of the most homogeneous major platforms out there? iOS only has one browser engine!
  - RajBhai 5y ago
    Looks like the desktop site, but somehow being responsive to the mobile screen. Try m.reddit.com
    - BoorishBears 5y ago
      m.reddit.com redirects to www.reddit.com
- unangst 5y ago
  Try https://reddit.com/.compact https://reddit.com/.compact
  - sneak 5y ago
    Even that has an upsell dickbar stuck to the top. It's a fractal of user hostility.
    - rognjen 5y ago
      And it doesn't even show content on first load.
  - brandmeyer 5y ago
    Once upon a time, links from .compact would always refer to other .compact links. That has slowly been going away, however. I think they are trying to slowly kill it off.
- deleted 5y ago
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- OminousWeapons 5y ago
  old.reddit.com with javascript turned off is largely fine if you just lurk and don't want to go 20 layers deep into the comments.
  - intrasight 5y ago
    Just this week they changed "visit old reddit" to be under a "more" item in the menu. I am concerned that this is the first step to removing it for good. I don't know how to get my interaction data except on old reddit.
- the-smug-one 5y ago
  i.reddit.com
- GordonS 5y ago
  Do you need a Reddit account to use the unofficial apps? Also, I prefer to search Reddit content from Google - will Reddit links open in one of those apps, instead of giving me the usual shitty Reddit Web UX?
- DangitBobby 5y ago
  I'm surprised that there isn't a version of the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension for old.reddit.com. Especially now that they had to trim features to support the redesign.
  - SubiculumCode 5y ago
    A friend just recommended this extension to me, but I'm hesitant to add new extensions. Good ol greasemonkey now redirects me to old reddit
  - orthoxerox 5y ago
    I have RES and it works with the old design.
- meowster 5y ago
  > is not mobile optimized Good! I do not want any mobile-optimized webpages on my mobile phone. That's what double-tap-to-zoom was invented for, and now pinch-to-zoom.
- lagolinguini 5y ago
  rif made it so much more bearable to use reddit on mobile. But since I switched to ios I have not found an app that can compare to rif.
- rblatz 5y ago
  I prefer old Reddit because it isn’t mobile optimized. Most mobile optimized experiences are ugly, waste space, neutered experiences. My phone does a great job of rendering a desktop page. We don’t have shitty toy browsers anymore on mobile. Stop giving me the shitty toy experience.
DangitBobby 5y ago
I just found that there is setting checked in the menu (for anonymous and authenticated users) called "Ask to Open in App." I find it kind of curious that they would offer an option. Who would actually want this setting to be enabled? Maybe some developers snuck it in so they could use their own site without contracting cancer.
- nikisweeting 5y ago
  TIL, thank you so much for posting this.
agumonkey 5y ago
Not Reddit per se but I find it hard to wrap my head around the app thing for Reddit or similar. HTML5/CSS3 is so sufficient for this... The web gave birth to an economy going away from itself. And. Ow everything is there twice or thrice. Surely there's some good economical or political reason it. Maybe systemic (any large market will create redundancies.. I don't know) Yay to old.reddit.com
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  > Surely there's some good economical or political reason it. Location tracking
  - dredmorbius 5y ago
    And Android Advertising ID. Probably other tracking capabilities as well.
    - agumonkey 5y ago
      There's no gdpr or tracking regulation in native apps ?
      - dredmorbius 5y ago
        I don't know what the regulatory frameworks are. The technical frameworks make vastly more surveillance information and channels available via apps, AFAIU.
ehsankia 5y ago
I did download the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.android.reddit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.... Worked flawlessly and never had to see those crappy dark patterns again :) Been using it for a decade and it does everything, even mod stuff. Simple and clean interface.

wongarsu 5y ago

old.reddit.com is not mobile optimized at all, but still infinitely better than reddit.com. Alternatively, get one of the non-official apps (on Android I use rif).

smnrchrds 5y ago
If you are just a lurker, try http://teddit.net http://teddit.net It works well on mobile and desktop.
- afterburner 5y ago
  Unfortunately, I really rely on my particular subreddit subscriptions to deliver the frontpage experience I want.
  - smnrchrds 5y ago
    Teddit supports multisub URLs. I am not sure if the effect is the exact same as the front page, but it looks similar enough. Just create a multisub and save it in your bookmarks. Like this: https://teddit.net/r/programming+python+haskell/ https://teddit.net/r/programming+python+haskell/
BoorishBears 5y ago
Is reddit.com mobile optimized? There's a bug where opening a post from a subreddit's main page always results in a weird border, like it's opening the post as a floating dialog. (Just to confirm tried it logged and out, same result: https://imgur.com/a/6yK9D8V https://imgur.com/a/6yK9D8V) That results in comments being squished down to a few characters wide and many many lines long I used to think it was a "me" bug, but it's followed me across 4 iPhones over the years! How can they have such an experience breaking bug on one of the most homogeneous major platforms out there? iOS only has one browser engine!
- RajBhai 5y ago
  Looks like the desktop site, but somehow being responsive to the mobile screen. Try m.reddit.com
  - BoorishBears 5y ago
    m.reddit.com redirects to www.reddit.com
unangst 5y ago
Try https://reddit.com/.compact https://reddit.com/.compact
- sneak 5y ago
  Even that has an upsell dickbar stuck to the top. It's a fractal of user hostility.
  - rognjen 5y ago
    And it doesn't even show content on first load.
- brandmeyer 5y ago
  Once upon a time, links from .compact would always refer to other .compact links. That has slowly been going away, however. I think they are trying to slowly kill it off.
deleted 5y ago
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OminousWeapons 5y ago
old.reddit.com with javascript turned off is largely fine if you just lurk and don't want to go 20 layers deep into the comments.
- intrasight 5y ago
  Just this week they changed "visit old reddit" to be under a "more" item in the menu. I am concerned that this is the first step to removing it for good. I don't know how to get my interaction data except on old reddit.
the-smug-one 5y ago
i.reddit.com
GordonS 5y ago
Do you need a Reddit account to use the unofficial apps? Also, I prefer to search Reddit content from Google - will Reddit links open in one of those apps, instead of giving me the usual shitty Reddit Web UX?
DangitBobby 5y ago
I'm surprised that there isn't a version of the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension for old.reddit.com. Especially now that they had to trim features to support the redesign.
- SubiculumCode 5y ago
  A friend just recommended this extension to me, but I'm hesitant to add new extensions. Good ol greasemonkey now redirects me to old reddit
- orthoxerox 5y ago
  I have RES and it works with the old design.
meowster 5y ago
> is not mobile optimized Good! I do not want any mobile-optimized webpages on my mobile phone. That's what double-tap-to-zoom was invented for, and now pinch-to-zoom.
lagolinguini 5y ago
rif made it so much more bearable to use reddit on mobile. But since I switched to ios I have not found an app that can compare to rif.
rblatz 5y ago
I prefer old Reddit because it isn’t mobile optimized. Most mobile optimized experiences are ugly, waste space, neutered experiences. My phone does a great job of rendering a desktop page. We don’t have shitty toy browsers anymore on mobile. Stop giving me the shitty toy experience.

DangitBobby 5y ago

I just found that there is setting checked in the menu (for anonymous and authenticated users) called "Ask to Open in App." I find it kind of curious that they would offer an option. Who would actually want this setting to be enabled? Maybe some developers snuck it in so they could use their own site without contracting cancer.

nikisweeting 5y ago
TIL, thank you so much for posting this.

agumonkey 5y ago

Not Reddit per se but I find it hard to wrap my head around the app thing for Reddit or similar. HTML5/CSS3 is so sufficient for this... The web gave birth to an economy going away from itself. And. Ow everything is there twice or thrice. Surely there's some good economical or political reason it. Maybe systemic (any large market will create redundancies.. I don't know) Yay to old.reddit.com

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
> Surely there's some good economical or political reason it. Location tracking
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  And Android Advertising ID. Probably other tracking capabilities as well.
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    There's no gdpr or tracking regulation in native apps ?
    - dredmorbius 5y ago
      I don't know what the regulatory frameworks are. The technical frameworks make vastly more surveillance information and channels available via apps, AFAIU.

ehsankia 5y ago

I did download the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.android.reddit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.... Worked flawlessly and never had to see those crappy dark patterns again :) Been using it for a decade and it does everything, even mod stuff. Simple and clean interface.