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Reddit begins to force users to use app on mobile

jakebasile 4y ago
Both the official mobile app and the new website are horrible. If I couldn't use Apollo to access Reddit on my devices, or if they cancel availability of the old website, I'm done with that site. The content isn't valuable enough for me to suffer through their first party UIs, no matter what their KPIs say.
- candiddevmike 4y ago
  It's interesting that Reddit and Facebook are both trying to squeeze as much short term profit from their users as possible at the expense of destroying their platform in the long term.
- poulpy123 4y ago
  Same for me. I spend a lot of time on Reddit, but I'm using a 3rd party client on Android and the old website on desktop. The new website is slow as fuck and I have no interest to be stuck with their app
  - more_corn 4y ago
    Sounds like you waste a lot of time on Reddit. Might I recommend deleting your account and taking a break?
more_corn 4y ago
“How shall we delight our users today?” “Through force?” “Tell me more?” “We force them to do something they don’t want to do!” “Brilliant! Everyone loves to be forced to do things they don’t want to do. We shall do That!”
nicbou 4y ago
An admin has responded. It's predictably a non-answer. I can't stand PR language anymore. Have we collectively forgotten how to speak like humans? Is there no business value to straight talk? Reddit seems hell-bent on making me not want to use it. It's working. I went from always have reddit open in one tab to ignoring it for days without trying. My visits are much shorter, and I contribute much less. Perhaps I'm not the sort of user they're looking for anymore.
jck 4y ago
Thankfully, unofficial apps still work. I use relay on Android - it's a great app and one of my favorite Android apps. It will be a sad day when/if reddit gimps their public api and breaks these apps.
- robotguy 4y ago
  I'm still using Alien Blue on iOS. Not fully compatible, but worth it for me.

Both the official mobile app and the new website are horrible. If I couldn't use Apollo to access Reddit on my devices, or if they cancel availability of the old website, I'm done with that site. The content isn't valuable enough for me to suffer through their first party UIs, no matter what their KPIs say.

candiddevmike 4y ago
It's interesting that Reddit and Facebook are both trying to squeeze as much short term profit from their users as possible at the expense of destroying their platform in the long term.
poulpy123 4y ago
Same for me. I spend a lot of time on Reddit, but I'm using a 3rd party client on Android and the old website on desktop. The new website is slow as fuck and I have no interest to be stuck with their app
- more_corn 4y ago
  Sounds like you waste a lot of time on Reddit. Might I recommend deleting your account and taking a break?

more_corn 4y ago

“How shall we delight our users today?” “Through force?” “Tell me more?” “We force them to do something they don’t want to do!” “Brilliant! Everyone loves to be forced to do things they don’t want to do. We shall do That!”

nicbou 4y ago

An admin has responded. It's predictably a non-answer. I can't stand PR language anymore. Have we collectively forgotten how to speak like humans? Is there no business value to straight talk? Reddit seems hell-bent on making me not want to use it. It's working. I went from always have reddit open in one tab to ignoring it for days without trying. My visits are much shorter, and I contribute much less. Perhaps I'm not the sort of user they're looking for anymore.

jck 4y ago

Thankfully, unofficial apps still work. I use relay on Android - it's a great app and one of my favorite Android apps. It will be a sad day when/if reddit gimps their public api and breaks these apps.

robotguy 4y ago
I'm still using Alien Blue on iOS. Not fully compatible, but worth it for me.