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[–] hydra 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alien Blue is the pre-enshittification official Reddit app right?

[–] TheMinions 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Basically the proto-official app. Apollo was (allegedly) inspire by AlienBlue, but I’m not sure if that’s just a rumor or not. People called it the spiritual successor during Apollo’s whole run.

[–] Terryble 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is and it was my go-to app for iOS. I was very excited when it got bought by Reddit because it was a really good app, but it slowly turned into shit over time. It didn't respect my subreddit subscriptions and it eventually showed more ads.

I didn't notice at first, but I decided to try out Apollo because people pointed out what's happening to the official app (formerly Alien Blue). I immediately felt the difference, so I uninstalled the official app. It's crazy how Reddit was able to turn it into an ad-fest sneakily.

[–] DarkMatter_contract 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The reddit official app also eat battery, that why i switch a few years back to apollo.