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And x-years from the redesign now, the UI is still so bad that you have to use old.reddit.com to not have an abysmal user experience.

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Most users acquired after 2016 have no knowledge of the Web 1.5-ish Reddit that used to be, especially if they use the official Reddit app and website.

I'm surprised RES, the Reddit API and old.reddit still work, because it allows for easy blocking of ads and 'features' Reddit is pushing, such as RPAN live streaming and what not.

As soon as Old Reddit goes, I'm gone. I had to use New Reddit briefly to change some settings in a sub I mod (stupid design choice to not let me change them in Old Reddit), and it was absolutely awful. Looked like a worse Facebook, and, like, just let me read the comments and don't show me other posts halfway through.

>I'm surprised RES, the Reddit API and old.reddit still work

They promised to keep old going. However they said it won't get new features so it is gonna die a slow but certain death of incompatibility

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