I used to use RiF back in the day when it was still a buggy mess. I don’t even remember when I moved to the native app. I don’t agree with Reddit’s policy update (why I’m here) but I thought the default app was fine for normal browsing. I never had issues with the video player or anything else.

I use Samsung Galaxy devices if that’s relevant.

  • deelayman@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    I love your honesty. I expect for many people it’s more about losing what they’re comfortable with. For others there are legitimate functionalities that perhaps don’t exist yet in the native app - a former mod will need to chime in, as I’m not sure about specifics.

  • Timexyz@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I just tried it out for the first time in a few years, solely for this comment im writing now. And I have to admit it has improved and adopted a lot of features that the third party apps have had forever (e.g. tap to hold to close threads, amoled theme). And i think thats kind of part of the problem. These apps basically defined how reddit should work on mobile, before reddit even had a mobile app. Reddit then copycats these features and now is trying to kill off these apps that paved the way. Theres a reason the third party apps are popular, people like them more than the official app.

  • Ben@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Possibly - I neer interacted much on my old iphone SE, mostly I just use Firefox on the desktop.

  • animist@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    Fish don’t know they’re swimming in water. When all you ever use is a shit app, you think that’s what a normal experience is

  • thegiddystitcher@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I mostly used RiF, but installed the official app during a trip last year to do logistics with someone who was using the built in chat.

    I don’t tend to always have data on my phone, because WiFi is everywhere, and just add some when I’m going on a trip like this. I’d loaded up a fiver’s worth the morning we left, which usually sees me through an entire month in these situations.

    Woke up after the first night away to an alert that my data was all used up. And on further investigation, guess which app was the culprit? Just literally sitting there overnight while I was asleep, gobbling up a month’s worth of data to do god knows what.

    I uninstalled the app.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Reddit has the true numbers. I’m sure 90% of people use the native Reddit app which is why they decided shutting down 3rd party apps wasn’t a big deal.

    I think why people are making it a big deal is because the 10% that used 3rd party apps were the most active users. A casual lurker probably didn’t care about the features of the app they used. The very active users, and mods, likely used the 3rd party apps because of the superior design and features.

    Time will tell whether this just upset a vocal minority or if it upset a core group of content creators and moderators.

    • TheOPtimal@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      The 10% you speak of also made up most of the moderators, that’s why around 6,000 subs are going dark

      • Xeon@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        Actually, currently 8446 are currently dark. Number is still rising.

        • Xirious@lemmy.mlB
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          2 years ago

          We’ll see after today. The subs were saying 48h which clearly is not going to be effective enough… And if it’s too effective then Reddit will just replace the mods. Horrible sight to behold 😔

          • StingJay@lemmy.ml
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            2 years ago

            That’s the thing though. The current mods are volunteers. Is Reddit going to replace them with paid mods or are they going to hope other volunteers step up? It could turn into a shit show if subs go unmodded or are poorly moderated.

            Or Reddit is going to have to spend money paying for moderators, which is great but another consequence of their decision.

  • ilost7489@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    I used the official app too. For whatever reason it always had issues with video playback and comments for me, but I still never switched to another app

    • Parsley@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Same. RiF and relay gave me video issues and I couldn’t post sometimes. So I switched to the official app and it was SO full of ads.

      It’s not just the ads, but the astroturfing on Reddit is so damn blatant. For instance, there was a video about pressing vinyl records, and the comment section felt like an ad for some movie (“that’s the soundtrack for [insert new movie] I ordered it!”). I had been posting evidence of this to r/hailCorporate but at some point I realized that’s just how the majority of Reddit was.

      Bot activity is off the roof, especially on political subs. The entirety of r/Canada is taken over by antivaxxers and ford supporters with multiple bot accounts, to the point people had to migrate to r/OnGuardForThee. But what about casual users who aren’t aware of this? They are susceptible to being influenced by bots. There’s no real discourse or community anymore.