• Puppy
    44•2 years ago

    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.

    Steve Huffman is an incredible businessman
    /s

  • LvxferreM
    25•2 years ago

    Mature 17+

    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.

    • ProfessorFlaw
      7•2 years ago

      You gotta look in the agb, i bet theres smth about that (the same how instagram is marked at 13 but you gotta be 16 to make a account)

    • @UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml
      5•2 years ago

      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.

      • LvxferreM
        2•2 years ago

        Awww. Well, back to 1 star-bombing businesses then.

  • Aussiemandeus
    23•2 years ago

    I’m sure they’re paying for reviews though. There are some really suspicious and recent 5 star reviews.

  • @UnpopularBrainRot@lemmy.world
    20•2 years ago

    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.

    • @CaptainCimmeria@lemmy.ml
      15•2 years ago

      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.

  • Eddie Hitler
    11•2 years ago

    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.

    • Boz (he/him)
      2•2 years ago

      The “posts that look like ads” thing almost caused me to quit the site years ago.

  • @Hikiru@lemmy.world
    7•2 years ago

    Even though the recent reviews are filled with 1 stars the App Store rating hasn’t budged at all. Still at 4.8

    • @3FingersOfMilk@lemm.ee
      5•2 years ago

      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

  • @Tag365@lemmy.world
    5•2 years ago

    It’s a little jarring to see a “Mature +17” rating from the ESRB like Reddit is a video game…