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Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:53AM (#24209464)
Their website is fine, but no website works as nice on mobile as a native app does.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @08:16AM (#24209615)
I'd argue even their old design is better than a native app.

Loads lightning fast, can load thousands of comments on a page without loading bars or context switch. Don't even care if I have to pan and zoom it still works better than the mobile app.

Starting to feel like the idea of a mobile app being a universally better experience is a software industry mass hallucination. A handful of things apps work way better, modern banking comes to mind but sites styled like reddit and HN are just better in a browser with desktop view and high information density.

Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by nottorp on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @10:42AM (#24210852)
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1174/
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:15PM (#24215724)
Honestly being able to zoom anywhere is a feature not a bug.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by nottorp on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:10PM (#24217328)
xkcd's need sarcasm tags now? :)
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by the_other on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @08:34AM (#24209733)
Speak for yourself.

My eyesight’s not great. If I can’t pan&scan your content (or continuously vary text size to suit my needs in the moment), you wont have me as a user. Very few native apps on mobile work this way, so I don’t use most of them.