I use infinity app, might as well leave reddit from mobile :/
I sometimes use Twitter from mobile browser, the experience is ok but for Reddit, it's absolutely terrible.
For the last few years, I've only used reddit through Relay for Reddit (Android app). The web experience is so awful that reddit has basically become a mobile only thing for me.
If you're using reddit on mobile, use any app besides the official one. Personally, I use Bacon Reader.
If you're on desktop, use the old reddit layout, and install RES if you can.
Nearly every complaint I see about reddit's UX is because of people using the official app (Seriously, how is the official app the worst one?) or the new reddit UX.
As for Twitter, I've never felt its website or app to be slow on mobile.
Mobile reddit brings my phone's browser to its knees. It takes ages to load, is unresponsive, and it also takes an extra 10 seconds to click the 8px font that dismisses their mobile app advertisment.
I can only assume that mobile app was the best solution they could come up with after they realized they made a horrible mobile site.
Don't a lot of the big websites have a lite or basic version?
Reddit doesn't really have that but they're trying really hard to discourage using the site on mobile, they want you on the app. The same with Twitter.
While I agree with general stance there is way to avoid these problems. The reason I use reddit much more than Twitter / Instagram is because there are nice open source UI-enhancement projects and clients.
> The degredation of the UI - old.reddit.com won't last forever
I pretty sure Reddit Enhancement Suite will just continue to be developed:
I find twitter to be quite usable in mobile safari. I have the app too, but usually find myself still browsing in safari.
Quora is just a broken site right now, mobile or not.
reddit OTOH still seems to work okay on desktop. For a plaintext discussion forum that I prefer to read anonymously, theyve reaaaally screwed the pooch on mobile. I aboid reddit links whenever possible now, which is... sad.
it seems reddit has always been disconnected from a proper mobile experience.
both of their mobile versions of the site have been abyssmal, i'm not surprised the app sucks too
The situation with mobile reddit got out of control. It is impossible to browse anything without the app unless it is a post on r/popular or r/all.
Out of spite I downloaded 'a' free reddit client and bought the full version. The constant stream of useless notifications of the official app is just disgusting.
Yes, their user experience is atrocious. The mobile site tries it's best to push you to the app and the app is just... bad.
I like to consume text content in public transport. Unfortunately, Reddit is like the worst app possible with bad/interrupted connection. Even a real-time strategy game I'm playing that needs constant data exchange works better in the subway than reddit.
At least they stopped forcing you of the mobile version onto the app.
Reddit is horrible to use on mobile devices as well. They're trying to force you to download the app, but I'm not interested to download an app to browse a website. I already have a browser.
And yet a lot of us avoid the Reddit app and use the mobile web version instead. Lots of apps are just thin web wrappers too, and I bet most users don't even notice.
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