But it might.

I have a bias here, though... I got fed up with Reddit and quit it entirely a couple of years ago, so I can easily see why others would bail on it without a great deal of prodding.

Im not going to stop using reddit, but I'll use it a lot less. I primarily consume it on my phone using Apollo when Im relaxing. I would likely only use it on my desktop and that would become infrequent at best.

A part of me almost wants the API changes to happen. It would free up more of my time in the evening and provide a little bit of schadenfreude. But honestly, I should just uninstall the app anyways.

I suspect it'll be like a lot of things, where everyone says they're ditching it, and they are not ditching it.

I don't really understand why people use an "app" anyway, when browsers exist.

> I don't really understand why people use an "app" anyway, when browsers exist.

Reddit from a mobile browser is one of the most unfriendly sites I've ever found.

It also consistently insists, breaks functionality and nags you to try and get you to use the app instead of the browser. Its barely useable from a mobile browser.

They can steal a lot more data from you using the app, that's why they insist on you installing it.

I avoid native mobile apps for anything but the most essential for this reason. If it wasn't for the cars and public transportation I'd be using a feature phone by now.

I refuse to download the app out of principle. I just manually go into the URL bar and add "old." to get the classic experience.

Because Reddit's web experience is shit. The apps exist to make using Reddit bearable.

It works just fine in a browser.

You make think so, but it's a minority opinion, particularly among people who use reddit a lot.

Can you give an example of why?