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Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by akg_67 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:02AM (#26735560)
Wait till you try Reddit app, it is a bigger fuckup. Every update to app, resets your settings. Reddit keeps introducing myriads of new user preferences and defaults are most permissive options.

For last few months, I kept thinking these frequent changes sooner or later gonna compromise security. Sure enough recently I had to abandon my 10 year old Reddit account because it got compromised. Once I noticed account compromised, I put a note of account being hacked in my account about page and changed password, few hours later receive email from Reddit security that my account is compromised, they locked the account, and I should change password. Only thing I could mutter, “no geniuses you didn’t detect account compromised, you detected my actions after account was compromised and trying to show you care”. Instead of trying to get account unlocked, I decided to abandon it. At this point I don’t care.

Previously you could create account without providing email, no more.

Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by throwaway189262 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:46AM (#26736881)
Reddit's org is broken. Free unofficial apps maintained by random devs in their spare time are better than the official one
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by znpy on Thursday April 08, 2021 @06:52AM (#26737248)
could you suggest some of these apps ?
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by hctaw on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:26AM (#26738410)
Reddit Is Fun on Android and Apollo on iOS

Alien Blue used to be great until Reddit bought it and turned it into the official app. Very sad.

Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by throwaway189262 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @12:52AM (#26759029)
Recently renamed to rif is fun, probably copyright related
Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit so awful? by vini808 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:56AM (#26738709)
Boost is my favorite Reddit app on android