Finally tried the official Reddit app. It's as bad as they say.
This is the official Reddit app? Ewwwww.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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I was so confused for a few seconds, thought there were ads in my Lemmy app…
Back in 2021 Reddit released an update for the official app that caused scrolling to stutter, instantly heating up my battery and deplete battery life at an absurd rate. This was on Apple’s newest top phone at the time (12 Pro Max.)
I immediately knew something was fucky, so I switched to Apollo that same night. I checked back for about 3 more updates over a few weeks. During that time, Reddit never acknowledged the bug or fixed it. Since then, it looks like they’ve repeatedly caused the same issue with iOS and some android phones.
If they didn’t shit the bed back then, I’d never have discovered Apollo or realized it was better in every way - not just at not physically destroying my new phone.
And now here we are again, discovering new and better alternatives in Lemmy and decentralization thanks to Reddit’s incompetent fuckery. Thanks Reddit!
They said you can patch out the ads using revanced manager, but I'm not going to try it.
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Babe charge your phone you're making me nervous
Thanks for saving me that install. Been loving Connect for Lemmy anyway
why do you think sites want you to use apps so badly? To get around browser ad blockers.
If you are on Android and have to use the official app, I recommend patching it with Revanced Manager. There's a patch that will remove the ads.
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Something I liked about the official app, that no other seemed to have, was the ability to flip through posts, one to the next, without having to return to your feed. If anyone knows of a Lemmy app that can do this, let me know please!
The official reddit app would frequently not load images/posts/comments etc or even sometimes fully stop loading anything at all. I have never had these kind of issues with the third party apps, or much of any other apps of any type for that matter.
Baconreader was a perfect app in every regard
Gross
I hadn't used anything except my account logged in through RiF for 13 years. When I checked the front page as a guest I realized finally just how bad reddit is. All the posts were hot garbage surrounded by ads. I honestly don't know how people use reddit now.
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