Youβre not the only one, that said, I thought it really sucked compared to Apollo.
Iβd use it in a pinch when I needed to use a random feature that Reddit was not exposing in their 3rd party API.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Yes, you are the one person in the world who used it.
I mostly used RiF, but installed the official app during a trip last year to do logistics with someone who was using the built in chat.
I don't tend to always have data on my phone, because WiFi is everywhere, and just add some when I'm going on a trip like this. I'd loaded up a fiver's worth the morning we left, which usually sees me through an entire month in these situations.
Woke up after the first night away to an alert that my data was all used up. And on further investigation, guess which app was the culprit? Just literally sitting there overnight while I was asleep, gobbling up a month's worth of data to do god knows what.
I uninstalled the app.
Reddit has the true numbers. I'm sure 90% of people use the native Reddit app which is why they decided shutting down 3rd party apps wasn't a big deal.
I think why people are making it a big deal is because the 10% that used 3rd party apps were the most active users. A casual lurker probably didn't care about the features of the app they used. The very active users, and mods, likely used the 3rd party apps because of the superior design and features.
Time will tell whether this just upset a vocal minority or if it upset a core group of content creators and moderators.
The 10% you speak of also made up most of the moderators, that's why around 6,000 subs are going dark
Actually, currently 8446 are currently dark. Number is still rising.
We'll see after today. The subs were saying 48h which clearly is not going to be effective enough... And if it's too effective then Reddit will just replace the mods. Horrible sight to behold π
That's the thing though. The current mods are volunteers. Is Reddit going to replace them with paid mods or are they going to hope other volunteers step up? It could turn into a shit show if subs go unmodded or are poorly moderated.
Or Reddit is going to have to spend money paying for moderators, which is great but another consequence of their decision.
I tried it and went right back to baconreader
I did too lol. I tried almost all of the 3rd party ones but they each had some deal-breaker feature that made me return to stock. And honestly, I think it has the best UI. But... the bugs, the bugs are pretty bad, and they somehow kept getting worse. And amid this whole thing I retried Infinity, and unfortunately liked it. Used it for like a week before the blackout and hopefully will keep using it after it all ends, assuming they yield somewhat.
The ads. Jesus. The ads that are dark design pattern close to normal posts. Ugh.
As a lifelong adblock user, I recognize your pain.
It's probably ok if you're used to it, but 3rd party apps have so much QoL stuff that it's awful to switch
Honestly I barely used it. If you use dark patterns to try to make me use a thing, the last thing I'm going to do is use that thing.
Fish don't know they're swimming in water. When all you ever use is a shit app, you think that's what a normal experience is
I used the official app too. For whatever reason it always had issues with video playback and comments for me, but I still never switched to another app
There is an entire subreddit dedicated to their legendarily shitty video player.
I love your honesty. I expect for many people it's more about losing what they're comfortable with. For others there are legitimate functionalities that perhaps don't exist yet in the native app - a former mod will need to chime in, as I'm not sure about specifics.
Yeah, chat was probably the only thing the official app had over Apollo. As you said, I just particularly like the UI of Apollo and think itβs bullshit that Iβm being forced to change. The way theyβve handled this has also just been awful, like that AMA for example and their talks with the devs
Yeah. Ok. But... Who the fuck uses reddit chat? The only thing Ive ever gotten from chat messages is harassment and spam. Not having chat is a damned feature. Not a bug. π
You kids and your apps. I used old.reddit on my desktop.
You kids and your websites. I used Emacs to browse reddit.