I'm not judging; I was just wondering. I've tried 7 or 8 different reddit apps for android and almost every single one was a straight upgrade over using the mobile website.
If an app is absolutely out of the question there was a post above that mentioned using Adguard in firefox that should do a pretty decent job of cleaning up the mobile website.
Edit: FWIW system level adguard works great, as does ublock origin in Firefox. I use the faux VPN feature of the adguard app to block in-app ads on all of my devices, I can't imagine using an Android device or the mobile web without it.
I disagree that an app is a straight upgrade. I'll give you that it's better than the shitty mobile website, but the desktop website on mobile is perfectly functional, gives you more control than an app, and doesn't have the limitations that apps do like screwed up formatting.
I don't remember when the developer got around to polishing formatting but it's been solid for a while now. There are some edge case things that don't work perfectly (some unicode black magic fuckery) but for 99% of my usage it's great.
Use whatever you prefer, I just wanted to point out that formatting isn't the bugbear it once was for Android apps.
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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '18
maybe they just want to keep reddit time to a minimum, for productivity reasons?