• Estiar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    Despite the API protests, the Official Reddit app sucks anyways. It uses a ton more data and battery than third party apps, so I’d never use it again. The app also has a bunch of tracking built in.

    • ngwoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      It also stutters like mad even on high end phones. I almost feel like making it work well would have required less effort. No idea why dozens of indie developers all did far better jobs.

    • Crozekiel
      1·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t even realize how much battery it used until I uninstalled it. I used to have to charge my phone like 2 to 3 times a day… Thought, well, it’s getting older, battery is just dying. Nope. Uninstalled it and I’m 10 hours into the day off the charger and at 81% battery. And I’m still dicking around on my phone just as much, it’s just in jerboa now… Lol

  • bigkix@lemm.ee
    10·
    1 year ago

    Reddit app is steaming pile of shit that doesn’t get better with time, which is fascinating.
    I still use (paid version of) Joey and it still works. The moment it stops working I am ditching Reddit and using Lemmy completely.

  • Freeman@feddit.de
    10·
    1 year ago

    Central Europe

    And many of the 1 star reviews are really well put with good constructive feedback. So no reason to delete them. Riiight?

  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    The reviews are fun. The top keywords or phrases have “absolute garbage” which means that collectively, people have assigned the reddit app to absolute garbage. Not garbage, not bad, but “absolute garbage”. Fantastic.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Showing 4.8 for me, southern US. I did do my part though!

    Edit: if you look at the version history, up until 2 months ago they would describe what each update did. The last 13 updates all say the same thing (iOS):

    Thank you for updating the Reddit app! We’ve updated our iOS app with bug fixes and changes to improve your overall experience.

    The only difference is that sometimes there’s a bullet point dot at the very beginning depending on how it was copy/pasted that day lol…just awful every which way with no redeeming qualities.