Reddit absolutely dropped the ball with the redesign
And the sole motivation for the redesign? Monetize the content users created. More ads. Force you to see images automatically so ad images and videos show up with the “this is an ad” text below the scroll instead of needing to earn your interest and permission first.
As bad or worse than the shift to algo vs time based social content.
They migrated from that React SPA to Lit web components and the UX still sucks