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Is there anyway to redirect to compact reddit on iOS?
I dislike reddit's mobile site, as it is slow, filled with app popups, and my content blocker ends up creating software gore situations.
On the other hand, i.reddit.com is faster, simpler, and the one popup it has is easy to block with element hiding.
Unfortunately, tapping on a username or subreddit link automatically redirects me to the newer mobile site, and I have to add /.compact to the end of the url.
On Android, this is easily fixed by installing an Firefox extension to always use i.reddit, but iOS Firefox doesn't support addons.
So is there anyway to avoid going to reddit's new mobile site? Maybe use a pi-hole to redirect www.reddit.com?
Is there any reason you won't just use a third party mobile app?
i.reddit.com mostly "just works" for me. I can comment, post, vote and keep multiple tabs open. If Safari gets killed, the tabs are still there.
If I kill a reddit app, I lose my place, and I'm back on the front page.
Why don't you ask this in the official /r/Help subreddit?
r/help doesn't seem like a "helpful" place (seeing a lot of unanswered questions), but I'll try there, thanks.
As a former moderator of that subreddit, I'll say that the main reasons that questions go unanswered there are:
People ask a question that doesn't belong there: most often, it's related to how a particular subreddit is moderated ("Why was my post removed?"), or it's about moderating a subreddit ("I can't find the 'ban' button' in my subreddit."). (I set up AutoMod conditions to remove the ones about relationship advice and medical problems and requests for money and so on.)
People ask a question that simply can't be answered: they're asking about a feature that just doesn't exist ("How do I sort posts in alphabetical order?").
People don't provide enough information to understand their problem, let alone solve it ("I can't upload my video.").
Your question might fall into the second category, but that subreddit is still the best place to ask. It's full of very helpful and knowledgeable people. If you don't get a reply, that's an answer in and of itself: there is no way to do what you're asking.
Thank you for the thought ful explanation. It does look like what I'm asking is impossible, so I guess I'm stuck with Apollo/BaconReader/Slide for the forseeable future.
As another former mod of /r/Help, don't forget the other major reason questions don't get answered: