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The official app is hot garbage (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On a whim I decided to give the official app a try because a lot of people will be forced to use it, if they decide to stay on Reddit.

Holy hell, it's just slow. Can't scroll through a subreddit without annoying hitches and stutters. Comments aren't any better also.

On the other hand, Sync is just fucking gorgeous and runs immensely better than the encumbered official app.

How can apps made by small teams or even a single person be better optimized than one supposedly made by a larger team with a larger development budget?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Narwhal most of the years I used reddit, it also had ads like the official app, but the difference is it ran so much smoother for many years! Main reason why I switched off it was slow development was causing it to become a bit buggy, not the ads.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same with the ad supported version of RIF. The ads were so unobtrusive that the only reason I ever bought the paid version was to support the dev.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

RIF was always my favourite reddit app.

[–] DakRalter 1 points 1 year ago

Rif is great. I tried the official reddit app on my android 6 tablet back when I first joined reddit. It was slow and clunky. Uninstalled it after less than a week, I think. I later saw a recommendation for rif. It still runs quickly and smoothly on my android 6, whereas the official app doesn't even show on play store for that device anymore (so I can't get in my 1 star review).

A rif for lemmy/kbin would be A1.

Screw you, spez.