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After all the popups, it needs a last one saying "this site works best in our mobile app".
by mathnmusic 5y ago
After all the popups, it needs a last one saying "this site works best in our mobile app".
- notquitehuman 5y agoIMHO, it should be there as soon as you arrive on the site and then reappear on every page load.
- function_seven 5y agoAnd if you click past it to remain on the web version, you're presented with truncated lists ("Download App to read the rest!") or a slew of missing features. I have an old Instagram account that I created over 10 years ago. At the time, I used it for the photo filters. Never cared about the social networking aspect. Just a month ago I logged into it for the first time in forever, and realized I wanted to delete those old posts. Guess what you can't do from the website? Yeah, delete posts. Need the app for that!
- ratww 5y agoNot surprising. Facebook has very strict rate-limiting for deletion of posts, unfollowing of friends, leaving communities, and anything else that can potentially reduce your "engagement". Disabling it on some platforms was just the next step.
- arp242 5y agoI think it was just never implemented. The web page is fairly basic compared to the app, and AFAIK always has been (although I never used it much and haven't had an account in quite a while). Quite a few products are actually app-only now, without even any sort of web or desktop version. A few years ago I had trouble using the Dutch thuisbezorgd food service, I think it didn't allow me to change my address or something and just kept erroring out. I contacted support and they told me to use the app. I told them I don't have a smartphone. They said I was out of luck.
- G3rn0ti 5y agoI really hate that about Reddit. I liked browsing discussions on my phone occasionally but the web page kept nagging me into using the app instead. So finally I installed it. But now when googling for information and finding Reddit boards about my topic of interest clicking on „use app“ does not open Reddit app but instead directs me to the stupid App store. Useless! But maybe it’s Apple‘s fault here?
- phist_mcgee 5y agoNope. Deep linking to apps is a solved area. Reddit completely drops the ball on this, and has for years. Their engineering is a complete shambles. The only reason they survive is their market share, not for any reason of 'good experience'
- ptudan 5y agohaha clone of my comment at the same time
- phist_mcgee 5y agoGreat minds think alike ;)
- arp242 5y agoI'm almost tempted to apply for a job at Reddit to see why their engineering is such omnishambles. It's impressive in a way. The only good thing I have to say about it is that they're committed to keeping old.reddit.com alive indefinitely.
- Aeolun 5y agoBecause the team that built old.reddit.com has long since left? And now this is the only artifact they have from an era of decent engineering?
- ptudan 5y agoNope. Decent programmers know how to deeplink into apps, it's completely possible.
- philipov 5y agoThere are popups? I didn't see any. Must be my malware blocker in action.