Reddit has very strong biases and its own bubbles as well. Don't expect to be exposed to a wide variety of viewpoints there, but what appeals to a very narrow demographic (18-30 year old low-income white progressive American males)

True, but at least it’s content written humans in good faith and not just SEO bait.

Except for all the bots.

Sort of, the huge subreddits are just as much a hellhole as the majority of google.

Sure, but you wouldn't search

    site:reddit.com/r/worldnews change a tyre

but rather (just an example)

    site:reddit.com/r/diy change a tyre

There are countless small(er) subreddits where a Google 'site:' search works wonderfully. Often, I don't specify a subreddit at all if the query itself is narrow enough.

Unfortunately, I find Reddit results to generally be of very low quality. For tech related searches, stackoverflow and direct links to documentation are far superior. Where reddit is occasionally useful is when searching for things like "what's the best service for X?", but even then I find myself wading through many posts and many comments on those posts before I come across a sliver of useful information.

I use this especially for any consumer product comparison or "best" search; otherwise you just get monetized BS articles

Nonfunctional on contemporary cell phones?

Works decent if you both have a powerful phone and sign in and disable the nag to download the app

Usenet will always reassert itself in one form or another.