Reddit should prioritize their site working on the browser.
Clicking a nested thread seems to crash whatever browser I use 1/10th of the time, the videos never work, and the time it takes to open a thread is almost unbelievable in 2022.
(Never mind the times it won’t let me view content without the app.)
Reddit has an odd strategy. I have Apollo on my phone, which is a great Reddit app that doesn’t have ads. Sometimes, I go to Reddit in Safari out of habit. The experience is so terrible, that it forces me to go from the website, which has ads, to Apollo, which doesn’t. The performance of the mobile website is absolutely terrible as well. It’s like they’re trying to make a garbage website.
The thing that almost has me quitting reddit is that the mobile browser basically blocks you from viewing anything nsfw, which would be fine, if the definition of nsfw wasn't so broad as to cover like 1/4 of the front page. Also, even when I had the app, the links wouldn't work half the time, they'd take me to the app store instead, and then I don't think you can configure nsfw-friendly mode in the app. And I've been trying to use the app less so I use the site less so basically I'm f'ed from using reddit on my phone.
They are trying to make a garbage website. Most of their users use adblock, so they're trying to funnel you onto an app. They'll probably ban 3rd party apps at some point, then they can serve all their mobile users ads.
Yes, that’s awful. It’s corporate gaslighting — the new page is user-hostile in nearly every way imaginable, but it helps product managers manipulate user attention to meet our quarterly KPIs, so we’ll happily lie to your face to get you to switch.
It's absurd how poorly the new reddit runs on a decent machine. Old reddit is smooth and still a fine experience, but new reddit turns my old laptop into a space heater.
They probably hate maintaining desktop. They are essentially a data farm at this point. They just want that sweet sweet device id and location data from the app.
Clicking a nested thread seems to crash whatever browser I use 1/10th of the time, the videos never work, and the time it takes to open a thread is almost unbelievable in 2022.
(Never mind the times it won’t let me view content without the app.)