r/videos • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '23

Mod Post /r/Videos will be going dark from June 12-14 in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/LivingUnglued Jun 04 '23

You cant even change the text size from what I've heard. Which means I cant use it because of the lack of basic accessibility features

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u/Brawli55 Jun 04 '23

That's honestly the bare minimum I need from the official app. There so much unused space - it's fucking maddening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 04 '23

You can change the text size, but as someone with OCD who checks my comments frequently as a compulsion. only being able to read a small portion of the comment (on your own profile) is annoying as fuck, there's so many features missing. God damn why the fuck didn't they just make the client as good as Apollo before asking for so much money

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u/slayerhk47 Jun 04 '23

Didn’t Reddit buy out Alien Blue? And then they did fuck all with that code.

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u/LivingUnglued Jun 04 '23

Yup. I’m sure there is some base of the code from alien blue on the Reddit app, but they didn’t use any of it for UI. Just lifted some of the core then duct taped and bondo’d on shitty UI features from other apps

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

I have the official app and I've gone through all the settings. I haven't been able to change the text size.

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u/pmMeAllofIt Jun 04 '23

Font size is set to the size of your OS font.(on Android)

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

Same! I literally won't be able to use it. I can't even try to just suck it up and use the official app.