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Friendly reminder that old.reddit.com is still up. I deleted the app this morning. Maybe old.reddit.com will be a nicotine patch.

_archon_ 5y ago
While old. is an improvement, mobile accessibility is horrendous by design. It increasingly seems like the site has entered a profit-driven tailspin.
- _hao 5y ago
  What about i.reddit.com for mobile?
Ashanmaril 5y ago
There are decent (free and paid) third-party clients that make Reddit a much nicer experience on mobile. On Android I was a big fan of Sync for Reddit, and on iOS I've been using Apollo. Every once in a while I'll open up the official client and I'm just blown away at how bad it is. It's constantly trying to get me to watch livestreams of people doing random things unrelated to my interests. Why would I ever want to watch a livestream on reddit?
- willis936 5y ago
  Apollo is attractive, but being closed source and giving all permissions to a social media account makes me a little nervous. It seems relatively time-tested, but even if the developer is benevolent it increases attack surface area.
- ecshafer 5y ago
  It is honestly impressive how bad Reddit's mobile app, and main websites are. Its just so horrendous and so slow and so confusing, and so bad. If you go to a post, its hard to see comments, and if you click in white space it redirects you somewhere almost at random. It takes forever to load anything. When a million apps are better in every way and the old site is better, its confusing what they are doing over at reddit.
- Tokiin 5y ago
  Seconding the recommendation for Apollo. It's definitely a shock to get used to at first, but it's so customizable that it reminds me a lot of RES if there was a mobile app version of it.
- Tajnymag 5y ago
  +1 for Sync for Reddit. An amazing app. I've tried to use the official client for compatibility reasons, but the difference in UX is just night and day.
- ajtaylor 5y ago
  I've been a happy Relay user for years (Android).
- Syntaf 5y ago
  RIF (Reddit is Fun) is a great android app for the classic reddit experience, worth mentioning for anyone looking for a better android app.
  - breakingcups 5y ago
    Yeah, the moment they lock out RIF, I'm done with Reddit.
rchaud 5y ago
Unless you click on a Reddit link while inside of old.reddit.com; it will then take you to that page, but show you the default 'modern' theme. Same content, just 10x slower.
- slothtrop 5y ago
  You can also change settings while logged in to always default to old.reddit.com
  - debaserab2 5y ago
    I use a chrome plugin[1] to ensure that I always stay on old.reddit.com, even if I'm logged out. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
  - e3bc54b2 5y ago
    ..or a 3 line userscript that always redirects to corresponding old.reddit.com URL: if ( window.location.host != "old.reddit.com" ) { var oldReddit = window.location.protocol + "//" + "old.reddit.com" + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash; window.location.replace (oldReddit); } // sorry, I'm not familiar with HN md
- 93po 5y ago
  I use browser extension to force old reddit
  - sli 5y ago
    I wrote a Greasemonkey script for force old reddit and rewrite links to point to old reddit except in some edge cases, since gallery links don't work on old reddit at all (they 404).
BLKNSLVR 5y ago
https://teddit.net https://teddit.net
- busymom0 5y ago
  It seems to use Reddit API behind the scenes. So if Reddit shuts down the API, then this would be lost too.
tolbish 5y ago
More like an e-cig
smusamashah 5y ago
Boost for reddit is life upgrade on reddit.
lopis 5y ago
I use [Infinitey](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ml.docilealligator.infinityforreddit/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ml.docilealligator.infinityf...) which is FOSS. It's not perfect, but it has tons of features and settings. The maintainer is also very responsive and appreciates bug reports.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
old.reddit.com + reddit enhancement suite is a fair superior experience. If they kill that off they are toast and I think they know it. It will be a repeat of the Digg fiasco.

_archon_ 5y ago

While old. is an improvement, mobile accessibility is horrendous by design. It increasingly seems like the site has entered a profit-driven tailspin.

_hao 5y ago
What about i.reddit.com for mobile?

Ashanmaril 5y ago

There are decent (free and paid) third-party clients that make Reddit a much nicer experience on mobile. On Android I was a big fan of Sync for Reddit, and on iOS I've been using Apollo. Every once in a while I'll open up the official client and I'm just blown away at how bad it is. It's constantly trying to get me to watch livestreams of people doing random things unrelated to my interests. Why would I ever want to watch a livestream on reddit?

willis936 5y ago
Apollo is attractive, but being closed source and giving all permissions to a social media account makes me a little nervous. It seems relatively time-tested, but even if the developer is benevolent it increases attack surface area.
ecshafer 5y ago
It is honestly impressive how bad Reddit's mobile app, and main websites are. Its just so horrendous and so slow and so confusing, and so bad. If you go to a post, its hard to see comments, and if you click in white space it redirects you somewhere almost at random. It takes forever to load anything. When a million apps are better in every way and the old site is better, its confusing what they are doing over at reddit.
Tokiin 5y ago
Seconding the recommendation for Apollo. It's definitely a shock to get used to at first, but it's so customizable that it reminds me a lot of RES if there was a mobile app version of it.
Tajnymag 5y ago
+1 for Sync for Reddit. An amazing app. I've tried to use the official client for compatibility reasons, but the difference in UX is just night and day.
ajtaylor 5y ago
I've been a happy Relay user for years (Android).
Syntaf 5y ago
RIF (Reddit is Fun) is a great android app for the classic reddit experience, worth mentioning for anyone looking for a better android app.
- breakingcups 5y ago
  Yeah, the moment they lock out RIF, I'm done with Reddit.

rchaud 5y ago

Unless you click on a Reddit link while inside of old.reddit.com; it will then take you to that page, but show you the default 'modern' theme. Same content, just 10x slower.

slothtrop 5y ago
You can also change settings while logged in to always default to old.reddit.com
- debaserab2 5y ago
  I use a chrome plugin[1] to ensure that I always stay on old.reddit.com, even if I'm logged out. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
- e3bc54b2 5y ago
  ..or a 3 line userscript that always redirects to corresponding old.reddit.com URL: if ( window.location.host != "old.reddit.com" ) { var oldReddit = window.location.protocol + "//" + "old.reddit.com" + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash; window.location.replace (oldReddit); } // sorry, I'm not familiar with HN md
93po 5y ago
I use browser extension to force old reddit
- sli 5y ago
  I wrote a Greasemonkey script for force old reddit and rewrite links to point to old reddit except in some edge cases, since gallery links don't work on old reddit at all (they 404).

BLKNSLVR 5y ago

https://teddit.net https://teddit.net

busymom0 5y ago
It seems to use Reddit API behind the scenes. So if Reddit shuts down the API, then this would be lost too.

tolbish 5y ago

More like an e-cig

smusamashah 5y ago

Boost for reddit is life upgrade on reddit.

lopis 5y ago

I use [Infinitey](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ml.docilealligator.infinityforreddit/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ml.docilealligator.infinityf...) which is FOSS. It's not perfect, but it has tons of features and settings. The maintainer is also very responsive and appreciates bug reports.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

old.reddit.com + reddit enhancement suite is a fair superior experience. If they kill that off they are toast and I think they know it. It will be a repeat of the Digg fiasco.