The experience might be slightly worse, but I much prefer just staying in the browser on my phone for everything. Reddit, Twitter, the few times I log into Facebook, are all just using a browser. I just find it simpler, and I like when the interface is the same on my phone and desktop (which is why I use old Reddit)
I have an Android phone, and any time a company tries pushing me to use their native app, I start counting my silverware.
Features that used to work just fine (tagging people, editing comments) are becoming worse.
I did try the app again recently and it was bad in other ways (eg not using my phone's photo picker. As the photo I wanted was on a cloud service I couldn't select it from the app)
Their manipulation of search engines’ “last updated” parameters are also egregious.
But it is not feature-complete in the other ways, so it has no advertisements (at least for me) or the new algorithmic feed. Just the old version of the Instagram home feed that is chronological.
Highly recommend it if you can live with the decrease in "smoothness" compared to the app.