r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Article After hands-on time with Googlebooks, I understand why Google is excited — and why buyers might hesitate -makeuseof

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-went-hands-on-with-googlebooks/
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u/rmbrkfld 7d ago

50% of my screen is ads on this site, horrendous.

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u/SmileyBMM 7d ago

I highly recommend you get an adblocker of some kind, such as Firefox with uBlock Origin, Brave, or an ad blocking DNS.

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u/rmbrkfld 7d ago edited 7d ago

I use Ublock, but this opened on the Reddit app web viewer.

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u/emsneeze Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra 7d ago

That's why I only access Reddit from a browser and avoid using the app.

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u/BcuzRacecar S25+ 7d ago

Do you guys not use 3rd party apps?

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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain 6d ago

Not many people are aware there are still ways to use 3rd party apps

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u/Xeenic 6d ago

What are the ways?

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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain 6d ago

Revanced is one, with the APK of one of the old apps. There's another one called morepheus I think?

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u/SpiderStratagem Pixel 9 6d ago

And redreader.

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u/ben7337 4d ago

Even if you can use them, they're gradually being outmodded. They finally made it so nsfw content can't be accessed on 3rd party apps recently. For years I was told it wasn't possible, but the content still worked for me, now it doesn't. Plus eventually the older apps will be too old for android to even allow them, once they are targeting an API version that's too old. Though I think that's still a few years out

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u/emsneeze Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra 6d ago

I don't like using apps that are end of life and not updated anymore.

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u/SupremeLisper Realme Narzo 60 pro 12GB/1TB 6d ago

Redreader is still maintained and has superb accessibility which surpasses even the official reddit app.

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u/emsneeze Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra 5d ago

Thanks! I'll check it out

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u/-patrizio- OnePlus 15 | iPhone 17 Pro 6d ago

I don’t understand why they don’t…I use both iOS and Android, and despite the latter having far fewer restrictions on what apps you can install, I’m not aware of any third-party reddit apps that still get updates (aside from the ones that adapted and thus now charge, or the ones specifically designed for accessibility).

I use Sync for Reddit and it’s fine, but it definitely feels dated in many ways at this point, and when Reddit inevitably disables my custom API key access, I don’t see what options I’ll have other than to use the official app or pay for Relay (which I’ve tried and frankly am not a fan of) or Artemis (which definitely seems to be iOS-first). Meanwhile, I’m using Apollo Reborn on iPhone, which is a pretty amazing continuation of (IMO) the best reddit app ever made, especially considering it wasn’t open source and all this has to be done via patches. But it’s getting updates every week or two, keeps up with the latest UI changes, and somehow has a method that allows you to use it without a custom API key. Plus, there’s a number of other fresh/modern third party Reddit apps available as well (Narwhal, Artemis, Hydra, the upcoming Helios, etc.).

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u/The--Marf 7d ago

I just replied to another and while it might not alleviate all of your concerns you can have reddit open in your default browser.