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This is so upsetting. No wonder people spend more time in mobile apps than they do using the mobile web - the default web experience on so many sites is terribl

by simonw 8mo ago

This is so upsetting. No wonder people spend more time in mobile apps than they do using the mobile web - the default web experience on so many sites is terrible.

MBCook 8mo ago
I’ve been using the Reddit app some lately after being a longtime old.Reddit.com + blocker person. Ignoring how [ad] navigation is kinda annoying [ad] the shear [ad] number of ads [ad] they [ad] insert [ad] is insane. The only good thing is none of them seem to be animated/video. Which is an incredibly low bar, but most sites can’t even jump that.
- dwayne_dibley 8mo ago
  I'll probably leave reddit when old.Reddit.com gets the chop
  - MBCook 8mo ago
    I suspect I will too. I’ve been playing with the app a bit as it’s easier for me on my phone to view subs that are mostly pictures (e.g. awuariums). But I only do it from time to time. Apollo was much better, of course.
  - ericd 8mo ago
    Same, but it sounds like Lemmy still has some issues, and it'll be hard to replace some of the niche subreddits.
    - qingcharles 8mo ago
      This is the problem. There's no good replacement for Reddit right now, and Digg just died again.
      - MBCook 8mo ago
        I’m honestly amazed they tried that. It’s been so long, it felt like a play to cache in on the name but I feel like a huge chunk of people don’t really remember it or weren’t even around for it.
    - MBCook 8mo ago
      It kind of doesn’t matter. The thing that makes Reddit, to me, is its size. Lemmy will never get there, so it won’t be able to replace it for me. I love Mastodon, it’s what I use, but it’s not what I lost with Twitter. Some stayed, some went to BlueSky, some Threads, some just gave up. And we’ll never have it again. Assholes destroyed a whole world out of selfishness.
- chuckadams 8mo ago
  To say nothing of all the personal data the app is hoovering up. Guarantee that every last thing you granted permissions for is something they're monetizing.
simonw 8mo ago
I had Claude Code profile the page (using headless Chrome) to see what was going on, here's the resulting report: https://github.com/simonw/research/blob/main/pcgamer-audit/README.md https://github.com/simonw/research/blob/main/pcgamer-audit/R...
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by simonw 8mo ago

This is so upsetting. No wonder people spend more time in mobile apps than they do using the mobile web - the default web experience on so many sites is terrible.

MBCook 8mo ago

I’ve been using the Reddit app some lately after being a longtime old.Reddit.com + blocker person. Ignoring how [ad] navigation is kinda annoying [ad] the shear [ad] number of ads [ad] they [ad] insert [ad] is insane. The only good thing is none of them seem to be animated/video. Which is an incredibly low bar, but most sites can’t even jump that.

dwayne_dibley 8mo ago
I'll probably leave reddit when old.Reddit.com gets the chop
- MBCook 8mo ago
  I suspect I will too. I’ve been playing with the app a bit as it’s easier for me on my phone to view subs that are mostly pictures (e.g. awuariums). But I only do it from time to time. Apollo was much better, of course.
- ericd 8mo ago
  Same, but it sounds like Lemmy still has some issues, and it'll be hard to replace some of the niche subreddits.
  - qingcharles 8mo ago
    This is the problem. There's no good replacement for Reddit right now, and Digg just died again.
    - MBCook 8mo ago
      I’m honestly amazed they tried that. It’s been so long, it felt like a play to cache in on the name but I feel like a huge chunk of people don’t really remember it or weren’t even around for it.
  - MBCook 8mo ago
    It kind of doesn’t matter. The thing that makes Reddit, to me, is its size. Lemmy will never get there, so it won’t be able to replace it for me. I love Mastodon, it’s what I use, but it’s not what I lost with Twitter. Some stayed, some went to BlueSky, some Threads, some just gave up. And we’ll never have it again. Assholes destroyed a whole world out of selfishness.
chuckadams 8mo ago
To say nothing of all the personal data the app is hoovering up. Guarantee that every last thing you granted permissions for is something they're monetizing.

simonw 8mo ago

I had Claude Code profile the page (using headless Chrome) to see what was going on, here's the resulting report: https://github.com/simonw/research/blob/main/pcgamer-audit/README.md https://github.com/simonw/research/blob/main/pcgamer-audit/R...

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