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Not on topic but can I just say fuck Reddit for the way they purposely hobble the mobile experience on web? No I won’t install your shitty app Reddit. Ever. I m

Not on topic but can I just say fuck Reddit for the way they purposely hobble the mobile experience on web? No I won’t install your shitty app Reddit. Ever. I might have considered it before but it’s personal now.

mimsee 5y ago
For this reason I like to use Teddit.net when browsing on mobile
- 0des 5y ago
  Though Teddit's intentions are great, I feel like using teddit, reddit, baconreader, etc is still giving Reddit my time, focus, and fellowship. As a site, I've noticed I don't feel good after browsing it the last few years, so aside from articles or something that a friend passes along, I don't find myself there as often.
  - rudian 5y ago
    Then… good? Isn’t that a healthy social network?
    - 0des 5y ago
      I'm not sure what criteria I'd use to describe a 'healthy social network' but I would not put "user feels bad after visiting" anywhere on there.
      - smoldesu 5y ago
        I love feeling bad after using the internet, it's the surest sign I have that freedom is alive and well online.
      - rudian 5y ago
        "I don't feel good" != "I feel bad" Addictive social networks are awful specifically because they're engineered to give you dopamine. If a website lets you check in and out without becoming addictive then… good!
tediousdemise 5y ago
Most people suggest trying old.reddit, but i.reddit is what you want on mobile.
junon 5y ago
While I agree with you wholeheartedly, these sorts of comments are discouraged by HN guidelines.
- malka 5y ago
  I dont see on what else to comment, as I, as well as many other commenters, are unable to read the content of the link.
  - dang 5y ago
    Not commenting is always a fine option.
    - void_mint 5y ago
      (Unrelated to this post) Hello! I've sent two emails to hn@ for help with my account over the past few weeks. Is there a better way for me to contact you/whoever's on the other end of that email for help?
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anonymousab 5y ago
While the "download our app goddamnit" popups are clearly user-hostile, I do wonder how much of the rest of the UI is poor due to incompetence. Or to put it more nicely, due to structural and organizational issues. Most of the new(er) UI seems to be a poorly performing, slow, and inefficient experience on desktop as well. There's a few improved features here or there, but most of the site is just genuinely awful to use - beyond things that are 100% subjective. Buttons and interactions are laggy and way more resources are used than you'd think were necessary. It certainly seems worse for getting ad impressions, ignoring the additional dark patterns it has over the old UI. Across all of the new UI, the mobile version of it, and the official reddit apps, the experience is quite terrible, in many of the same ways. It seems odd to me that the same mistakes would be made in all of the products, and not solved after so much time and talent were available. Maybe there's just some product person who likes a lot of bad ideas and has too much power. I dunno. It's weird.
trykondev 5y ago
I feel the exact same way. Perfectly articulated. It's personal now for me as well.
bschwindHN 5y ago
Here's a mobile link for you: https://old.reddit.com/r/SM64PC/comments/q3nm9f/sm64_has_been_ported_to_ios/.compact https://old.reddit.com/r/SM64PC/comments/q3nm9f/sm64_has_bee... The day they kill `/.compact` is the day I leave reddit.

mimsee 5y ago

For this reason I like to use Teddit.net when browsing on mobile

0des 5y ago
Though Teddit's intentions are great, I feel like using teddit, reddit, baconreader, etc is still giving Reddit my time, focus, and fellowship. As a site, I've noticed I don't feel good after browsing it the last few years, so aside from articles or something that a friend passes along, I don't find myself there as often.
- rudian 5y ago
  Then… good? Isn’t that a healthy social network?
  - 0des 5y ago
    I'm not sure what criteria I'd use to describe a 'healthy social network' but I would not put "user feels bad after visiting" anywhere on there.
    - smoldesu 5y ago
      I love feeling bad after using the internet, it's the surest sign I have that freedom is alive and well online.
    - rudian 5y ago
      "I don't feel good" != "I feel bad" Addictive social networks are awful specifically because they're engineered to give you dopamine. If a website lets you check in and out without becoming addictive then… good!

tediousdemise 5y ago

Most people suggest trying old.reddit, but i.reddit is what you want on mobile.

junon 5y ago

While I agree with you wholeheartedly, these sorts of comments are discouraged by HN guidelines.

malka 5y ago
I dont see on what else to comment, as I, as well as many other commenters, are unable to read the content of the link.
- dang 5y ago
  Not commenting is always a fine option.
  - void_mint 5y ago
    (Unrelated to this post) Hello! I've sent two emails to hn@ for help with my account over the past few weeks. Is there a better way for me to contact you/whoever's on the other end of that email for help?
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anonymousab 5y ago

While the "download our app goddamnit" popups are clearly user-hostile, I do wonder how much of the rest of the UI is poor due to incompetence. Or to put it more nicely, due to structural and organizational issues. Most of the new(er) UI seems to be a poorly performing, slow, and inefficient experience on desktop as well. There's a few improved features here or there, but most of the site is just genuinely awful to use - beyond things that are 100% subjective. Buttons and interactions are laggy and way more resources are used than you'd think were necessary. It certainly seems worse for getting ad impressions, ignoring the additional dark patterns it has over the old UI. Across all of the new UI, the mobile version of it, and the official reddit apps, the experience is quite terrible, in many of the same ways. It seems odd to me that the same mistakes would be made in all of the products, and not solved after so much time and talent were available. Maybe there's just some product person who likes a lot of bad ideas and has too much power. I dunno. It's weird.

trykondev 5y ago

I feel the exact same way. Perfectly articulated. It's personal now for me as well.

bschwindHN 5y ago

Here's a mobile link for you: https://old.reddit.com/r/SM64PC/comments/q3nm9f/sm64_has_been_ported_to_ios/.compact https://old.reddit.com/r/SM64PC/comments/q3nm9f/sm64_has_bee... The day they kill `/.compact` is the day I leave reddit.