Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com
Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically.
Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .
Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically.
Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .
Users aren't equivalent though. IIRC, "the vast vast VAST majority of people" don't comment or post, either.
It's also sad because even though the old reddit is available, it's not the same. Since all the users are using the new UI, you get a totally different type of user engagement than you used to get I feel. Nowadays it's rare to have any sense of community or long discussion and every subreddit has moved along the spectrum to shallower interactions, image posts, and less distinctive character.
They still run i.reddit.com, which probably only has a tiny fraction even old.reddit.coms users. Also, I'm pretty sure that quite a few power users still use the old site and they probably want to keep them in. Someone has to buy gold and repost all the content, after all ;-)
It's absolutely fascinating that they have both versions. To me it illustrates so perfectly what the Internet was vs. what is has become. There's probably more money to be made from the infinite scrolling and dark patterns, but it's also completely unusable and comments and discussions seems to be of less concern. Just keep scrolling.
Basically the 90% / 9% / 1% split between people reading, people interacting and people creating. I would be very surprised if the 1% contributing and creating on reddit wouldn't be using old reddit for the most part.
I'm using it on Firefox Android... Mozilla just made it hard to use most addons. You have to create an addon collection, add the extensions that you want to it, and then use that collection on Firefox Android: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-collections-add...
Then tell us we should implement them as an addon.
Then handicap addons. <- now
Then remove addons. <- future
Sounds a bit like "embrace, extend and extinguish"...
Note: I switched to Firefox when it came out because of addons...
still waiting for mozilla to release more than 5 extensions on android. they are too busy with other things apparently.
So, it's easier to switch to browsers like Kiwi Browser (privacy concerns aside so be cautious!) if you want a better extension support experience. Bromite and Vivaldi also have great built-in adblockers but sadly no full extension support.
So, I dropped Firefox on all my devices and moved to Vivaldi + Kiwi Browser and that works like a charm.
Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives - Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, & OpenStreetMap.
When the time comes that addons do not get around such things, then I would suggest BlockSite [2]
[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redir...
[2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website...
[1] https://libredirect.github.io/
[2] https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#why_forking_privacy_r...
[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/