Reddit employees, are you purposely degrading the mobile web app experience?
I have a high tolerance for unusable UX, but I'm at the point where I think I'll either download the app (congrats!) or quit going on Reddit on mobile. I've noticed the UX is pushing you towards either signing in or installing the app... It's doing this by making it practically impossible to just browse freely. For example just today I realized that after "accidentally" clicking on a comment button, I was unable to go back... Nice one. Curse this addiction. TC: 160k + options, YOE ~4 edit: meant to say clicking on the comment button took me to the login page, and kept me in a "please login loop". #reddit #ux
Make a throwaway account
They want to track your data and know all about you to curate the best ads possible to make $. Perhaps Mobile web is a suboptimal interface for doing ads and tracking ?
I use the Joey app on android. The reddit app blows. And yes, I work at apple. No, my coworkers don't know I like android better.
yeah Reddit mobile web is getting super annoying and I will refuse to install the app out of principle
If you’re on iOS, get the Apollo app. It’s way better than the official app. Only downside of the Apollo app is it’s difficult to register for an account. It seems Reddit exposed a pretty comprehensive api for third-party clients for everything except for that.
Use Apollo if on iOS. Way better than the actual reddit app
Yeah I'm not installing the app and therefore have stopped using it on mobile, which was 80% of my usage
They want to track you. That’s why they want to install the app.
My favorite - using mobile web to view a post in a subreddit. Constant nag to use the app. Okay fine, I’ll open this in the app. I already downloaded it - takes me straight to the fucking App Store instead of to the post. Fucking /u/spez
Lol. HODL those AMC stonks.