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i used their iOS app, and they seem to have an outage around once every two weeks. other than that the performance is fine. it must be a front end problem

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Um i noticed this to. The IOS app runs smooth but the website is barely functional on IOS. It is not uncommon for me to give up and close down Reddit cause i can’t open a post.

I have until now just assumed they want the website to suck so that you are more likely to install the APP. But now as I think about it a bit deeper that seams a bit to crazy.

I suspect it's less a case of them wanting the web client to suck, and more a case that the people who decide priorities don't care about the web client.

I'd bet there's some super frustrated PM/TL who knows what to do and wants to fix it but isn't allowed to spend any time on it.

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