I like browsing Reddit without an account, just to read something. But I don't want to install their super big mobile app (1GB+), and I hate their lagging and weird website on mobile.
Apollo is a breath of fresh air, but iOS rules for having a website link open in an app are extremely convoluted and require explicit hard-code dapproval from both the domain owner and app author, meaning even if you man-in-the-middle reddit.com on your intranet to provide the required headers/metafiles, you would need Apollo's author to also add reddit.com to the list of URLs the app is capable of intercepting. Yuck.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf...
That's using their modern extension model, so you could compile it onto your device yourself for testing. The WWDC talk is here: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10665/
It might be possible to ask Apollo to include this, by providing something like the above comments as a feature request. I'm not sure what Apple would think during app review, and Apollo might not be willing to risk it.
Slide is the best Android app I ever used and it's FOSS too, available on FDroid.
He’s comparing the downloaded data to the app itself. Unless Apollo clears the downloaded data instantly it’s an unfair comparison I think.
> All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Reddit
> Prevents Reddit from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint
I only wish it also supported Hacker News!
I love to heart that! Awesome.
You can fallback to old.reddit.com for subs for which don't load with it.