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’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.