I’ve seen many comments and posts regarding the API fiasco on Reddit, with the claim that there will be a huge influx of users when that happens. I’m all for it, but I find it hard to believe that the average or even above average user will make the effort to switch.
It won’t be instant, but quite a few 3PA users will find it incredibly difficult (maybe even impossible) to make the switch to the official app; it’s just that bad. Hell, I can’t imagine using Reddit without the crutch Apollo provided.
It’s surprising how bad the official app is. How quick some of the lemmy apps got up and working in a decent state shows just how shitty reddit is treating the official app.
They clearly don’t care about the user experience, that’s why. Maybe if they gave even half a shit about how the user would feel while using their app, it wouldn’t be so bad that people would rather pay than use the default option for free.