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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] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never used a 3rd party app. Was very happy with the official reddit app as recently as a few months ago.

Now that I'm reading this, I have to ask, did reddit push through some updates to make it extra crudy or something? Worse, did they just do it a week before 3rd party apps have to shut down?

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

I have to say I am also surprised at the number of people that claim the official Reddit app is garbage. I switch between the official and 3rd party apps. I’ve never loved the official app by any means, but it’s functional. Just as any social media app is nowadays.

The perspective I understand is people who use 3rd party apps for greater accessibility options. The official app is severely lacking in its accommodations for people with disabilities. That’s why I have stopped using Reddit.

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

For sure. Can see a lot of skepticism that the upcoming accessibility and moderation updates will be enough - or even be the right ones, see for example https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/modnews/comments/14he7nz/accessibility_updates_to_mod_tools_part_1/

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

I tried using it for a few months. I was using Sync and got a new phone, decided to give the official app a shot and I had a miserable experience. Ended up using RiF the last few years and have zero desire for the kind of user experience the official app provides.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The thing that killed the official Reddit app for me was the battery drain. It felt like three hours of browsing would be enough to drain my phone's battery. Also the video player was trash. So I jumped on a third party app. I later deleted it, as I felt I was spending too much time on Reddit, and stuck to accessing it on web browser more sparingly. Then I hear that Reddit is experimenting with preventing people from using a mobile browser to access it... Yeah, I'll break from them before I bend for their IPO.

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

I'm using an early Mlem beta and it already seems better than the official Reddit app.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The real question is... how many ads did you see?

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