Reddit moment!

I'm so sick and tired of every single website and service trying to push an app on me. No, I don't want to download your stupid shitty app, I've got dozens and I don't want another one that I don't use that interrupts me to push stupid notifications. Now get off my lawn!

• sets browser to request the desktop site instead *

Threads is view-only without the app, so no using it on PC. Probably because they wouldn't be able to get as much data. I would never use it anyway but it's so stupid.

I will never use Pinterest because of this shit. I just want to see the pic I found on Google, I will not download your bullshit to see it.

This is extremely true for modern social media sites. Normal news sites used to push their apps too, but I guess this fad has passed.

This is the meme that made me create an account here. Barely using reddit now, but I noticed these last days they were pushing lukewarm content to the top. And a lot of content on phone web browsers was/is locked, could only read the first 2 or 3 answers.

Just curious... When did regular comics become memes?

I actively avoid sites that do this, if I find that I'm on the site enough to Warrant getting the app I'll get the app. I actually didn't realize that Reddit enforced this until about 5 or 6 months ago because they didn't enforce that when I first started using reddit, I had already moved over to third party applications before they implemented the system. Not that it matters much anymore, I uninstalled any apps I had for the platform and blocked it for the house. I'm done with it

I've mainly used Reddit on PC and only used apps for porn (because in-app autoplay is so much better). Them disabling NSFW from API completely makes it completely useless for latter. Really hoping lemmy becomes the new big thing where you can scroll, comment, and jerk off. Possibly at the same time.

Test comment, please ignore

It’s so easy nowadays to slap some bootstrap and Angular together to build a web frontend. It will work on every device if you don’t do crazy cutting-edge shit. I cannot comprehend why companies dig native apps so much.

Goddamnit Reddit.

App-less bitch has a nice ring to it, I might start using that lol

Reddit in a nutshell lmao

Yeah, it sucks because you can do really cool stuff with web apps these days but no, instead I need 140 native apps for basically every mobile service because their mobile websites are abhorrently designed and basically only exist to point you towards the app.

Sounds about right. Their site is bad, the app is bad.. pure profit driven.

Try Sink It for Reddit, it’s a Safari extension that removes those nuisances

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6449873635

Ugh for the longest time the investment firm I use had one product locked away on their app. Thankfully I checked today and I can sign up and use it on the web!

Using sh.itjust.works with the compact is actually nice on desktop.

Wefwef on mobile

I agree, just not with their app

i wish apple could regulate this tighter to demolish the hundreds of shitty companies and practices that evolved post-iphone. notification ads, this garbage, any sort of app tracking, shitty subscriptions, shitty IAPs, etc etc etc

I'm finding I kinda hate Lemmy on desktop without an RES equivalent though too. I miss being able to expand images and videos inline. Is there anything similar for Lemmy?

To this point, I wish Threads had a desktop UI.