We aren’t here because this is a better experience. It clearly is not. Reddit has had years of polishing and 3rd party development to make the user experience what it was. Here there’s server crashes, little content, interesting UI choices, and no real idea if this one is going to ‘win’ over some of the other alternatives.
But Reddit killing 3rd party apps is too heavy handed, and people don’t like that. We don’t want to see ads. I’d rather go outside than subject myself to advertisements. We’re bombarded by ads from all directions 24/7 and it’s too much.
Additionally, Reddit will be able to manipulate content and spread propaganda without oversight once they take their users in-house. I’m not interested in being programmed by whoever is invested in the site. This isn’t about ‘3rd party apps’ even though it’s about the apps. This is about leaving a site that is actively going against the users’ best interests on multiple fronts.