I’ve seen the app Apollo as the center of the reddit protest (it was mentioned and cited more than any other app in relevant posts). I’ve also seen many Lemmy clients in development taking inspiration from it.
As a lifetime Android user I’ve never been able to use it, and I’ve never gotten a proper answer to “why not just use the official app?” What made it different from the official application and other unofficial clients that consequently made it so popular among Redditors?
initially I moved to Apollo due to reddit removing community tab. I had the same reaction, thinking its just equal or even slightly worse than the old reddit app, considee Apollo doesn’t have a “recently visited community” option.
the more you use Apollo, the more you realise how sleek it is, and how many little quality of life features you must have once you realise they exist. As an example, the “Hiding read post” option fundmentally change how I browse popular subs. After a while there is simply no replacement for Apollo.