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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by ffpip on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:53AM (#24373082)
On Android, I found Infinity for Reddit. Open source and ad free.

It's the best on android, but I haven't used it for more than a week or two. Don't want to get addicted again.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by aloisdg on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:11AM (#24373184)
Slide is also Open Source, ad free, free and available on f-droid.
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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by ffpip on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:50AM (#24373428)
One thing that I missed on Slide was default sorting by 'hot'.

Sorting by hot gives you posts from smaller subs you like and removes all the political shenanigans

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by pkalinowski on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:28AM (#24373641)
My Slide sorts by hot by default
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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by ffpip on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:31AM (#24373662)
Okay. I just downloaded it to check.

I meant 'best'. Not 'hot'.

Sorting by 'best' gives you content from smaller subs.

I have asked the dev to implement it. I have not gotten any reply.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by Imaiomus on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:02AM (#24373493)
cant found it
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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by ffpip on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:05AM (#24373508)
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ccrama.redditslide/
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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by tmhrtly on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:13AM (#24373197)
I went cold turkey (blocked in my hosts file on my laptop) 4 years ago. Hands down the best single decision I've ever made.
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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by jsmith99 on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:38AM (#24373345)
The problem with blocking it is that reddit is not just for time wasting. It's also currently the most popular forum host for all sorts of experts, from audiophiles to network engineers. Whenever I have a technical query and Google is returning a whole load of SEO spam I append 'reddit' or a stack exchange site to the query and can fairly reliably expect to discover a technical subreddit which answers my question and where the best answers are the most visible, thanks to voting.
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