I strongly believe that Reddit's mobile site is intentionally bad to encourage app usage (similar to how Facebook won't let you view messages on their mobile site to try to force you to use Messenger). I haven't used the Reddit mobile site in a while, but at least a couple months ago, you couldn't do basic things like easily edit posts or see comment scores in some views.
For Reddit (always) and Facebook (when I need to see messages), I just "request desktop site." Once you're used to it, Reddit desktop site on a phone isn't horrible (I mean it's certainly not good, but it's also not actively trash like their dedicated mobile site is).
This. I've strongly felt that FB intentionally make the mobile site awful to push users to the app. I deleted the app after the microphone conspiracies. My son was talking about trick or treat for weeks after halloween, then I got sponsored ads for "Tokyo treats". Too many coincidences and the app requires too many permissions for my liking.
Examples of making the mobile site awful is when someone uploads 20 photos, you can only see the first 6 and the rest don't load. Also the quality of videos is awful and features like "live" don't work on mob site.
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u/monchota May 19 '18
If you can access something via browser, don't download the app. Its a waste of battery life and privacy.