I’ve seen the app Apollo as the center of the reddit protest (it was mentioned and cited more than any other app in relevant posts). I’ve also seen many Lemmy clients in development taking inspiration from it.
As a lifetime Android user I’ve never been able to use it, and I’ve never gotten a proper answer to “why not just use the official app?” What made it different from the official application and other unofficial clients that consequently made it so popular among Redditors?
When I was still on Android I used to use Slide for Reddit and later Reddit Is Fun (RIF) as the official app was just full of ads and lacks so many customizability options, and later it started pushing content I wasn’t even subscribed to. (I kept an eye on it) also it showed ads in the interface, despite me having reddit gold or premium or whatever they called it.
Then 2 years ago I got a second hand iPhone to play with and found Apollo which, while not like RIF, was a great app to browse reddit with. Speedy, responsive, customizable, a great image viewer and video player and with Apollo Premium, no ads.