It was one of the most well polished apps I’ve ever used. It was constantly being improved without changing the core of what it did.
Think of it as an Apple product. It did loads of clever things in the background, powerful and easy to use while maintaining a slick aesthetic. The content was the style and the UI was satisfyingly plain. It never broke.
Media player was great and No ads ever.
Lots of gestures to make it simple and quick to browse Reddit. My favourite was the swipe to the right to hide all the posts I’d seen above.