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The official app is hot garbage (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Thalyssa@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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On a whim I decided to give the official app a try because a lot of people will be forced to use it, if they decide to stay on Reddit.

Holy hell, it's just slow. Can't scroll through a subreddit without annoying hitches and stutters. Comments aren't any better also.

On the other hand, Sync is just fucking gorgeous and runs immensely better than the encumbered official app.

How can apps made by small teams or even a single person be better optimized than one supposedly made by a larger team with a larger development budget?

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[–] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The people that stay never knew they could have something better. It's like people that don't mind the ads, on Reddit or otherwise. If they never got exposed to the pre-ads Internet or to a good ad blocker, they don't even know they could complain about this experience.

[–] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's crazy to me that people still don't know of adblockers in 2023 but there's an absolute shit-ton of those people.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember that a lot of people are on mobile. Android's standard browser doesn't allow you to install adblockers anymore, last I checked. Doubt safari does either.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Safari allows you to install adblockers, there's multiple options too. Most vpns these days also come with adblock even if your browser doesn't allow it.