Asklemmy

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.

The ads. Jesus. The ads that are dark design pattern close to normal posts. Ugh.

It's probably ok if you're used to it, but 3rd party apps have so much QoL stuff that it's awful to switch

I found it completely asinine how it bitches at you when you take a screenshot and puts its watercolor on a downloaded image.

I did not use the official app mainly because I didn't want to see ads, also it was very laggy on my old phone. Infinity was just too good, and I never looked back

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.

The native app is decent, if you haven't tried any of the other third-party apps.

I joined Reddit back during the Alien Blue days and transitioned over to Apollo when it launched. Using the native app felt like I stumbled onto a porn-addled spyware site with the ads and quirky UI/UX.

It was possible to use after some time, but after a week, I noped out and went back to Apollo.

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.

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

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

I tried it and went right back to baconreader

I think most people who used the 3rd party apps also were the ones who were still sitting on old.reddit, myself incuded

You kids and your apps. I used old.reddit on my desktop.