Tell HN: Use i.reddit.com on mobile to avoid annoying modal app nags

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Have seen more and more modals on reddit's mobile site: "Continue in App", "VIEW IN APP", "This page looks better in the app | Open", etc. https://i.reddit.com avoids all of that and works better than https://old.reddit.com on mobile devices.

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If you consume reddit on a read-only basis, projects like libreddit and teddit are great alternatives to consider. I have completely switched to libreddit two months ago and I am happy with the decision:

https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit

It has a multi-reddit subscription functionality too, so it's easy to take a quick glance just at the content I need.

...How did I not think of this? Thank you for the recommendation!

Try Privacy Redirect extension, it supports libreddit and teddit "proxies" - https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Honestly the worst part about those popups on the mobile site is the fact that they don't even open the post in the damn app. They take you straight to the frickin' app store! It's such awful design and utterly infuriating.

Agree 100%. It's terrible.

I would never use reddit if that was the only way to view it.

You can also achieve the same mode by appending .compact to the URL.

Ex.: https://reddit.com/r/asoiaf/.compact

I always use https://teddit.net on desktop/mobile browser There's also another decent mobile app "rif is fun for Reddit"

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