Reddit's fucked
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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This is a new low, even in light of everything they've done recently
Even now anytime you access Reddit mobile website and see an NSFW post, it would prompt you to install the app without an option to cancel. Literally the only way to continue without switching to the app was by using old.reddit.com
Reddit making dumb decisions?! Impossible.
This happened on my device and I just said fuck it back to Lemmy.
I tried reddit with revanced, but even without ads the app is still garbage. Scrolling is laggy, simple gestures are non existent, I can't even copy a text by pressing on it.
I'm utterly shocked and appalled. /s
Honest question: why push people to use the app specifically? What is the advantage to reddit if everyone just magically dropped the browser and switched to the app?
all the better to spy on you, my dear.
Companies that do this absolutely annoy me. Even Facebook doesn’t do this??
If Reddit wants to kill itself, who am I to change its mind? (I already tried and they didn't accept my feedback because the form was rigged against being completed)
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The official Reddit app doesn't work on older phones, guess I'm out of luck. I can afford a new phone, but I don't feel it's worth it to buy a new phone just for one app.
It's garbage anyway, so you're better off.
For anyone wondering, you can still use it on mobile by changing the address to old.reddit.com in your mobile browser. So its still accessible on all mobile devices, just not on www.reddit.com.
They said they are going to kill .old soon
Have they actually said it? I've always assumed .old wouldn't be around forever. I'm sort of surprised it's lasted as long as it has.
Spez said that they don't have plans to shut down old.reddit.com anytime soon, so I guess July 31st is the last day.
You’re probably right, he’s speed running turning Reddit into an IPO so fast he’s destroyed everything in under a month. Not to mention rolling back comment/account deletions to keep the comments up, he clearly doesn’t have a long term plan. This looks like a speedy cash out like he’s about to be caught red handed.
old.reddit will prolly be next
'But they pinky promised that they wouldn't!' -Reddit users after the 30th, probably
I deleted my app a few days ago and now I exclusively use reddit for r/Godot because sadly there just isn't an established community for godot elsewhere.
That is not a good reason to keep using reddit. A boycott is a boycott. If a community that you want is not available outside of reddit, why not start it here?
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