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Comment by easton | Hacker News Reader

I'd say Apollo (or Reddit is Fun on Android) is a heck of a lot better than new Reddit, and about as good as old Reddit. And Google Maps' app beats their site by a county mile on iOS.

There's no good Hacker News client for mobile though, at least one that's better than the web page. Not that I'm saying someone should make one either, the site is responsive as heck.

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Apollo is a bad example since Reddit purposely sabotage their website so you use their app.

It's perfectly possible to write a good Reddit web client; they chose not to

> It's perfectly possible to write a good Reddit web client; they chose not to

Good for whom? "Good for the user" does not mean "good for Reddit".

I'm not really sure how you could interpret that comment as anything else then "Good for the user".

I use:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly...

as my Hacker News app, it does me. I like that I can vote on comments and stories, but it's irritating that I can't post via it. On a medium sized phone screen, the mobile web experience of HN is not optimum in my opinion.

HACK is also very nice on iOS :)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-developer...

Thanks for the mention! Developer here! :)

Maps is a good example, it bad on mobile because they made it bad, to force you to use the app. Its still useable but it sucks.

Thats a development I often see.

HN works fine on mobile

I think the only improvement needed might be a different style on "code" blocks, but otherwise it works great

There's literally no need for an app

HN has been a really bad experience on mobile for me. It's really difficult to tap links accurately. In particular collapsing and expanding comment threads is super annoying. I've been using Hews from the Play store instead.

Zoom then click. Works like a charm.

A bit kludgy, but still a much better user interface than any other discussion board I've used lately.

I am the developer of HACK for iOS if you want to check it out:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-developer...

I like this on Android for HN. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr...

Agreed. I also use Apollo. I think the secrets is that is has less features so it shows content without the fluff from the official app

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