Do you care a lot about whether a Reddit alternative has an app?

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MrWeirdoFace@reddit

As long as I can still use a browser, considering 95% of my Reddit browsing is on my laptop.

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jordi_07@reddit

How do you manage post savings? Cause i have so many posts saved and eventually the older one got deleted automatically somehow!

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MrWeirdoFace@reddit

To be honest I've barely ever needed to save a post, but a good old-fashioned bookmark does the trick. I have a bookmark folder just called Reddit, but it's got like three things in it max.

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jordi_07@reddit

Ohh cool, FYI: just found a extension which allows unlimited posts to be saved in folders! Of course it’s paid but they allow free version as well!

Its called Reddit Power Suit

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digitaldisgust@reddit

You claim that you "just found a extension" yet your comment history just happens to be filled with you shilling this Reddit Power Suit Chrome extension 🤔 Lol.

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jordi_07@reddit

Thank god! Atleast someone is proactive here lol😂😂

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digitaldisgust@reddit

Still 0 acknowledgement or apology for your deceptive marketing tactics, not a good look. 🤨

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MrWeirdoFace@reddit

Ah. I haven't tried that one but I do have Reddit enhancement suite and old Reddit redirect as plugins.

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jordi_07@reddit

Ohh, this feature is in Reddit Power Suit aswell!

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Depends on if the app has any benefits that the browser experience doesn't. Ideally, I'd like the option of using an app if I feel like it at some point but I use Reddit via the mobile website on Chrome.

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MindTheFuture@reddit

Not at all, on contrary, I avoid apps and look down on any service that doesn't work great on browser.

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LuckyZero@reddit

I'm here specifically because reddit is trying to force the app on mobile. I don't know if it's realistic with how govs are pushing the age verification stuff, but there seems to be zero benefit to the user for using the app, hence trying to avoid it.

At least on android, it says "Your data isn’t transferred over a secure connection" in the play store, which feels insane for 2026

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lunaligned@reddit

Not necessarily, if it's good on browser then it's okay. I don't always download apps but it's a nice additional albeit not necessary.

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hardlying@reddit

I like the threadiverse apps, ofc

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NikEy@reddit

We have an app and it actually makes life really easy. So the answer is you need to provide both. Just doing one will not be sufficient.

mirage.foundation/app

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busymom0@reddit

Would you mind explaining more about how the decentralization works behind the scenes? I am a developer, so would like techy details.

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NikEy@reddit

Should all be explained in mirage.foundation/faq

Happy to explain anything remaining questions

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ThemeLow9009@reddit

Yes.
and tagvotes is working on an APP now, but it's going to be a while before its public considering its a one man show.

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beingoptimistlab@reddit

Nope. Desktop version is fine. We can't afford so many apps in our smartphone bcoz of limited space.

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moop-ly@reddit

when was the last time you typed in www dot some nonsense dot flappydoodle

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aVarangian@reddit

every day?

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JohnRogan1234@reddit (OP)

Well, I usually just search on Google and use the web to block ads ngl😂

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topselection@reddit

Me too. Or I use a bookmark. I refuse to go to a store, buy a website and install it, even on my phone. I only do that for essential services that force me to like Lyft.

I'd suggest newer sites not create an app because that will result in more comments written with thumbs. I imagine Reddit has kept old Reddit around because that's where it's high quality, high signal-to-noise posts and comments are generated.

Thumb-typers think the web exists entirely on the Google apps store and that Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YT, and Reddit is all there is to it anyway. Making an app for your site is just going to confuse them.

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aVarangian@reddit

I prefer if it doesn't. But it's not a problem either as long as I don't have to touch it

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UnflinchingSugartits@reddit

Yes Its actually my number one thing. If an alternative doesn't have an app, i won't use it. I know that is dumb, but i just personally really like apps

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riteaboutnowx@reddit

i think of course app haters will say “no no apps apps are stupid ! kids these days! my knees!”

but i think not having an app will land you on those “cool websites nobody cares about i found with the modern equivalent of stumbleupon” lists

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--KingoftheSouth--@reddit

No, not to me. It will to a lot of people just because that's all they know, but for a lot of others, I don't see it being a problem.

The only way I've even been able to tolerate reddit lately is using it as a PWA, so any new alternative would be welcomed on my end for sure. I'm sick of Reddit.

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Dark_Shroud@reddit

No, I run most stuff through Brave Mobile.

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Bouzeux@reddit

No, l avoid apps when possible.

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KevinFRK@reddit

Apps are usually about control, charges, advertising, branding and stuff like that of no benefit to the users.

Indeed, it's not at all unusual for an app to offer an inferior *user* experience in terms of functionality to the browser version.

No sane person wants lots more push notifications on their phone, especially of a different character to those they already get. Thus, are the push notifications you want to offer something that could be as well done by email? Ummm, I assume other people still use email rather than company controlled and chucked into their AI walled gardens...

So I'd suggest getting the browser version as good as you can get, scalable to modern phone screens, and only if you are seriously failing to achieve a useful user-desired goal that way should an app be considered.

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