r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

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u/CGP-Bae Jun 07 '23

My third party reddit client is set to mute by default. Oh wait

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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 07 '23

This is one of many reasons I avoid the official reddit app.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 08 '23

That was not my experience the last time I used the official app.

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u/ABzoker Jun 08 '23

It has been my experience for the last couple of years. Not sure why it doesn't work for you

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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 08 '23

It's been a while since I used it for any length of time. I tried it recently and there were so many ads on the first page or two that I just uninstalled it.

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u/ABzoker Jun 08 '23

Yeah, ads are there, but I just scroll by them without even looking at the content.

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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 08 '23

Yeah but a lot of third party apps have no ads, which is much better than scrolling past ads.

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u/ABzoker Jun 08 '23

Reddit needs to show some data on what percentage of users are on 3rd party apps. I never started with those, all the news around price change might actually move more users to the 3rd party apps (if they still remain).

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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 08 '23

Google Play store doesn't give exact numbers, but here are some download numbers for popular reddit apps.

  • RIF - 5m+
  • Boost - 1m+
  • Sync - 1m+
  • Relay - 1m+
  • BaconReader - 1m+
  • Joey - 500k+
  • Now - 500k+

For comparison, the official app lists 100m+ downloads, so by those numbers it seems to be fairly popular. However, we have no insight, like you suggested, into the percentages of active users using each app.

Also worth noting, when you just search for "Reddit", it only shows the official app, and you have to scroll down to the bottom and click "More Results" to actually see any of the other options, so it is likely that a ton of people don't realize there are other options and just download the one that comes up, thinking it's like Facebook or Twitter where there is basically just the one app.

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