The only reason why we all used third party apps for Reddit, is because their app and website is abhorrent trash. It’s great to have a choice, but Lemmy’s website is smooth to use. I know it’s mind blowing not to use a app for everything in 2023 but Lemmy just works.
Dude, most us left reddit because we loved our app. Apps are generally more refined than websites and offer better notification interaction.
It’s better than reddits mobile site but native apps always win if the dev puts in an effort to make it good.
Please do not assume to know every user’s needs.
personally it’s more convenient if there’s a mobile app, so I’m using Liftoff right now, until Sync, Artemis or Boost release 😀
But why though? What does an app get you that you can’t get by pinning the site to your home screen?
notifications, and also that it doesn’t show up in the app drawer on android (I only keep 5 icons on my homescreen in my setup)
Whoever is downvoting the above comment: stop downvoting legitimate questions! Even if you don’t agree with their sentiment , the commenter isn’t a troll or rage baiting.
Seems like some habits are going to follow us from reddit. Downvoting at the drop of a hat is such a miserable shitty thing to do, but many seem wedded to it.
I remember (Pepperidge farm remembers!) when the majority of folks on Reddit were benign, even though we had edge lords occasionally.
Funny thing, Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon was benign until right about now (with some nazis, edge lords or tankies however) before the surge.
No, Slide for Reddit filled a different spot than old.reddit with RES. Apps can put less load on server instances, too.
I personally like using Memmy rather than the website. Although for kbin it’s ok, but only became there’s no app currently available.
In Firefox, visit https://wefwef.app , then hit settings and choose install. Poof, it’s amazing.
I prefer apps either now just because Android is pretty bad about reloading pages when you switch back and forth between your browser.
Also once Boost for Lemmy comes out, it’ll be all I need.
Wefwef is better
Sorry but that’s not true at all. Lemmy’s UI feels very unfinished/amateur project like. Even the jerboa app, which is from one of the dev, improves the mobile UI experience greatly compared to just the web version.
For Mobile users buttons should usually be bigger. But e.g. the comment collapse button is very tiny and I need to concentrate to press it correctly on mobile.
Agreed, I’m very happy with the mobile version of the website. I keep trying the apps which are admittedly in early development and then switching back to my regular browser.
That isn’t the only reason tbh. Sometimes different apps can completely alter how we use the service. There already exist some apps that do Lemmy better than Lemmy itself and this will continue to grow. Hence everyone asking for apps
The mobile browser website is an absolute hot mess on my phone right now. (Firefox on Android)
I’m using Connnect at the moment and it’s like I haven’t even left Reddit
Not everybody is the same. I use it and like it way more on wefwef, witch is a perfect Apollo replacement
I dont get why everyone falls for the app trap, websites are just trying to get around your adblocker and data privacy.
Was actually disappointed with the lemmy experience till I tried wefwef.
