I used to use RiF back in the day when it was still a buggy mess. I don’t even remember when I moved to the native app. I don’t agree with Reddit’s policy update (why I’m here) but I thought the default app was fine for normal browsing. I never had issues with the video player or anything else.
I use Samsung Galaxy devices if that’s relevant.
I tried it and went right back to baconreader
It’s probably ok if you’re used to it, but 3rd party apps have so much QoL stuff that it’s awful to switch
The native app is decent, if you haven’t tried any of the other third-party apps.
I joined Reddit back during the Alien Blue days and transitioned over to Apollo when it launched. Using the native app felt like I stumbled onto a porn-addled spyware site with the ads and quirky UI/UX.
It was possible to use after some time, but after a week, I noped out and went back to Apollo.
I just tried it out for the first time in a few years, solely for this comment im writing now. And I have to admit it has improved and adopted a lot of features that the third party apps have had forever (e.g. tap to hold to close threads, amoled theme). And i think thats kind of part of the problem. These apps basically defined how reddit should work on mobile, before reddit even had a mobile app. Reddit then copycats these features and now is trying to kill off these apps that paved the way. Theres a reason the third party apps are popular, people like them more than the official app.
The ads. Jesus. The ads that are dark design pattern close to normal posts. Ugh.
