Give it a one star on the way out!

Reddit app has to cram in those ads, and they don't want you to scroll too fast past those gorgeous ads.

Or reddit is refusing to pay their developers well, while small app projects are made out of passion.

I've used it a little bit on my phone in the past. Its pretty bad, especially for a major company product

A single competent, seasoned app developer can not only replace hundreds of engineers, but vastly outperform them. But. Only when the vision is clear. Apollo, Sync, etc.? Extremely clear vision, it is a Reddit client, everyone knows what a good Reddit client should be, so a competent developer can make it happen, it’s just a function of time and money.

Businesses work differently, especially VC backed businesses. The actual app to such a business doesn’t matter, what matters is:

1. Is it making us money?
2. Next year, will it make us twice as much money?
3. In two years, will it make us five times as much money?
4. Ad infinitum (pun intended)

The shit that ruins the official app is shit attempts at the above. Because again, the app does not matter.

So I found the official app awful and insanely slow, I always assumed it was my phones fault though. Literally gave up on things loading several times.

Happy to be on kbin instead!

Their web app is trash too, old.reddit was the only way to use it on browser IMHO

Reddit stuffed their app to the brim with tracking. This tracking is probably what slows the app down and also is the only reason they're killing 3rd party apps.

Agreed. Tried it in place of Apollo and I can’t stand it. Some Lemmy apps are already better than the official Reddit app.

Don't download it just to try! It has trackers be careful. Is better not to ever download it really.

The people that stay never knew they could have something better. It's like people that don't mind the ads, on Reddit or otherwise. If they never got exposed to the pre-ads Internet or to a good ad blocker, they don't even know they could complain about this experience.

Sync is so good, it's what I use(d) Reddit with. Good news is that Sync isn't dead, it's being reborn with support for Lemmy.

https://teddit.net/r/SyncforLemmy/comments/14ee1ul

Edit: Redirect link to old Reddit for sanity.
Edit2: Redirect link again to avoid Reddit altogether thanks to aidenxy's better solution.

I tried it over a year after its initial release, thinking they’d have time to sort out the biggest problems. I thought other redditors were possibly exaggerating, or recalling their experiences with an earlier version. It couldn’t be that bad, right?

Yeah, it could. Wow. They’re trying to encourage people to use an app that’s utter shit. It’s an… interesting strategy.

I just took a look at the app page on the iOS app store and... the average review is 4.8/5? How is that possible? It's awful!

Sync is amazing

Reddit's priorities aren't the same as someone developing an app for ease of use, readability, accessibility, etc. Reddit only cares about the backend tech that helps them control and serve ad space. And if you want to believe the bts tea that recently spilled, Reddit doesn't even structurally prioritize coding and development in the first place.

I was an rif die-hard. Such an elegant, useful app. It's nothing like its source site.

Yup, that's why I switch to Infinity like a year or 2 ago

Seriously hoping for Infinity for Lemmy 🙏

I use Relay Pro for Reddit (which is fantastic) but obviously that won't be viable in a week. I go on maybe once a day for 5 minutes just to see the state of the protests but I get annoyed about how many subs just appear to be 'back to normal'. Of course, after next week I expect that to change.

The fact that they bought AlienBlue, worked on it for 10 years, and made it so much worse is crazy.

Shitty site, shitty app. It builds the brand, Leels!

I used Narwhal most of the years I used reddit, it also had ads like the official app, but the difference is it ran so much smoother for many years! Main reason why I switched off it was slow development was causing it to become a bit buggy, not the ads.

The apps made by small teams and solo devs can be better because large teams at companies can get bogged down by politics & greed.

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?