• Puppy@kbin.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    Lol that app went from 4.8 to 2.8 in 3 weeks. Good job Reddit, you did it. You pissed off your user base. Now all you have left is a bunch of bots, clueless users and russian troll accounts doing astrosurfing.

    Steve Huffman is an incredible businessman
    /s

  • UnpopularBrainRot@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Yesterday I patched the Reddit app with revanced, I figured that if I went there from time to time at least I’d avoid ads. Omfg that app is a bigger piece of shit that when I diched it a year and half ago, unintuitive mess, horrible UX and UI, slow AF, makes my phone hot as if I was playing a game wtf, even without the API protest that app deserves all the 1 starts it can get.

    • CaptainCimmeria@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t think the UI was the worst thing in the world and I was gonna just grit my teeth and use it, but holy shit, the drain on my battery was insane. Even when I didn’t have the app open. My battery was only lasting a couple of hours on a full charge. I had to ditch it.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.mlM
    3·
    1 year ago

    Mature 17+

    Couldn’t we theoretically screw with this up, given that Reddit has porn subs, and force it to be rated Adult? I bet that this would leave plenty advertisers pissed.

    • ProfessorFlaw@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      You gotta look in the agb, i bet theres smth about that (the same how instagram is marked at 13 but you gotta be 16 to make a account)

    • UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      Nah, they’d just do the same thing for Android that they already do on the Apple store.

      Basically the app you download is locked into a SFW-only mode and then you have to log in to reddit via a web browser and flip a setting that then allows your app to show NSFW content.

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    I wish I could leave a review but I’m using iOS 17 beta and apple don’t let you leave App Store reviews while using the beta.

    I will be leaving one when I’m not on the beta anymore.

  • Eddie Hitler@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s still amazes me how little polish there is to the official Reddit app compared to other third party apps. I used Firefox browser until I adopted RIF. I tried to use the official app after the deadline came and the amount of ads that I was bombarded with just became unbearable. I understand they need to make money. I understand they do this by advertising. But when they start using deceptive practices like blending the ads into genuine post they cross the line. I was a heavy user I would say greater than 2 hours a day spent on Reddit. I didn’t go cold turkey but I’m down to checking top and top last hour once or twice a day now. I deleted my main account which made it very easy to stay away.

  • Tag365@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    It’s a little jarring to see a “Mature +17” rating from the ESRB like Reddit is a video game…

  • sigh@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    holy shit they’re down to 2.8?

    When They were at 3.9 at the beginning of July jfc

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    It is 3.1 stars on the Play store with thousands of 1 star reviews. I don’t understand how so many people could think it is a good enough app to warrant 3.1 stars. People seem to think there’s only 2 ratings, 1 star or 5 stars.