Lol that app went from 4.8 to 2.8 in 3 weeks. Good job Reddit, you did it. You pissed off your user base. Now all you have left is a bunch of bots, clueless users and russian troll accounts doing astrosurfing.
This feels really accurate, but it being an experiment would imply Steve Huffglue actually wants to learn something about anything that isn't Elon-senpai's life.
Couldn't we theoretically screw with this up, given that Reddit has porn subs, and force it to be rated Adult? I bet that this would leave plenty advertisers pissed.
Nah, they'd just do the same thing for Android that they already do on the Apple store.
Basically the app you download is locked into a SFW-only mode and then you have to log in to reddit via a web browser and flip a setting that then allows your app to show NSFW content.
It's still amazes me how little polish there is to the official Reddit app compared to other third party apps. I used Firefox browser until I adopted RIF. I tried to use the official app after the deadline came and the amount of ads that I was bombarded with just became unbearable. I understand they need to make money. I understand they do this by advertising. But when they start using deceptive practices like blending the ads into genuine post they cross the line. I was a heavy user I would say greater than 2 hours a day spent on Reddit. I didn't go cold turkey but I'm down to checking top and top last hour once or twice a day now. I deleted my main account which made it very easy to stay away.
And if you've experienced the following description from their store page to be inaccurate, don't forget to report it for violating the Developer Policy under Privacy Violations / Deception:
You can request that data be deleted
The developer provides a way for you to request that your data be deleted
Yesterday I patched the Reddit app with revanced, I figured that if I went there from time to time at least I'd avoid ads. Omfg that app is a bigger piece of shit that when I diched it a year and half ago, unintuitive mess, horrible UX and UI, slow AF, makes my phone hot as if I was playing a game wtf, even without the API protest that app deserves all the 1 starts it can get.
I didn't think the UI was the worst thing in the world and I was gonna just grit my teeth and use it, but holy shit, the drain on my battery was insane. Even when I didn't have the app open. My battery was only lasting a couple of hours on a full charge. I had to ditch it.
I have no idea what you're on about. Literally every phone I have ever owned turns off mobile data when I'm connected to Wi-Fi, and turns it back on again when my Wi-Fi disconnects.
When I opened it up to leave a review in the Play Store, it told me the rating was based on recent reviews in my region by users who use the same type of device I use
They apparently base it on your location and device model (as in, it only shows reviews from devices that are similar in specs and compatibility to yours)
It is 3.1 stars on the Play store with thousands of 1 star reviews. I don't understand how so many people could think it is a good enough app to warrant 3.1 stars. People seem to think there's only 2 ratings, 1 star or 5 stars.