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the new layout is still pretty garbage compared to the old one and because of this, reddit has to maintain four different web front ends: new desktop, new mobil
by dmonitor 4y ago
the new layout is still pretty garbage compared to the old one and because of this, reddit has to maintain four different web front ends: new desktop, new mobile, old desktop (old.reddit.com), and old mobile (i.reddit.com). hosting their own image/videos so that 80% of the content isn’t dependent on third parties like imgur is probably a good change, but there’s no way it didn’t massively increase the complexity of maintaining the website too.
- sofixa 4y agoThe old frontends aren't maintained, so their existence has a negligible impact. Hosting images/videos is indeed a non-trivial matter at their scale, but if memory serves me right they're just using Cloudfront, so it's pretty straightforward.
- kkarakk 4y agoold.reddit not being maintained is a bonus imo - you don't see a lot of the gamification features they keep introducing. everytime i accidentally visit new reddit i think "wow i would not be using this site if i had to wade through this visual overload"