Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable

Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by notRobot on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:26AM (#24372915)

I don't want an app for Reddit. I don't care which one it is. It's a simple website, let me use it in my fucking browser.

Lightweight! Easy to block ads and tracking! Multiple tabs! You can leave pages open in your browser and read them later! Bookmarkable! No proprietary app! No app updates! No spammy notifications! No use of Google Play Services! No taking up of dozens of GBs on my phone! RES!

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by throwaway45349 on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:12AM (#24373185)

> Easy to block ads

Bingo. If you're blocking ads, then you're probably not going to get much attention from the Reddit team.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by durzagott on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:33AM (#24372967)

There's always i.reddit.com

It satisfies most of your requirements

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by nindalf on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:31AM (#24372956)

> dozens of GBs

Hyperbole detracts from the point you're trying to make. Everyone reading your comment knows how much space apps take on their phones.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by mschuster91 on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:39AM (#24372999)

> Everyone reading your comment knows how much space apps take on their phones.

The problem here is caching, as in-app caches have different caches than the global system.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by notRobot on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:37AM (#24373697)

Yeah I meant MB, that was a typo. My bad. Point still stands. The Reddit app on Android is 36 MB. Why does a simple message board app need to be so big?

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