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I started with the official app for the longest time, but then it just got worse and worse.
Constant A/B tests, godawful changes, the video player, etc.. There was a subreddit made to ~~complain~~ submit bug reports and discuss the app, r/redditmobile. At first, the devs were quite receptive with the community, even apologizing for removing a swipe gesture that they thought no one used and re-introducing it, but eventually they just stopped caring. Cries from users went unheard, and the app just felt worse and worse to use.
I kept hearing people say “I’m moving to Apollo” in the comments, which caused me to look in to whatever an “Apollo” is. Boy, was I glad I did.
A consistent UI, changes and additions that were commonly disabled by default when added, and zero ads. It was exactly what I wanted.
Aaaand then Reddit killed it.
At least wefwef is helping me stay in denial here on lemmy.