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[-] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The comparison is even more apt when you remember that the official Reddit app also used to be the most popular and great 3rd-party app called AlienBlue, which was purchased from 1 guy and rebranded a decade ago.

It's pretty clear that the reason why the official Reddit app isn't good is because a good experience for their users isn't their goal.

[-] DBT@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Alien Blue wasn’t rebranded. They bought it, called it the official app (with the name Alien Blue) for a little while, then launched their own app and stopped supporting AB.

[-] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Oh I see; I knew they stopped supporting it after a while but I thought the official app was a descendent of that codebase

[-] vjxtdibobyd@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

If it was, it might actually be useable

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