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Past two updates have rendered the app useless
June 12, 2024 Updated Review: even after the Apple OS update that came shortly after the latest Locals update, I’m still not having a good user experience with the app. I have to watch from my browser. I wish I had never updated the app.
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When I first downloaded this app it worked perfectly. Also while I didn’t really like the layout of the app, I eventually got used to it. The new layout is even more frustrating like others have mentioned. For the last two updates I’ve not been able to watch the content that I pay for monthly and that’s made a majority of a months service that’s just wasted. So many people are giving the creators grief but it’s not their fault. I really hoped this new update was going to fix the problem. Nope. Got 10 minutes into Predator Poachers video and it’s crashed. Same thing that’s been wrong. I have two other subscriptions on locals and the bugs made it look like I didn’t even pay for them and I don’t have subscriber only content access. Please fix or just roll it back to the format it was before the update that killed the app. It would be nice too for the folks who pay for subscriptions, to have an adjustment that doesn’t come out of the content creators pocket.Show lessMommaBat1134
Developer Response
We apologize for your bad experience. Could you please update the application. The older version has some issues that we have fixed. If you still face any issues, please contact us at support@locals.com.The new update made the app unusable.
I always use the app version of Locals to keep up with specific creators. It did everything I wanted and needed it for, easily and intuitively. Then they released this new overhauled version, and it’s so bad!!! I can’t watch a video without issues; the posts people make that have photos and videos remove the user's context that goes with the post. Nothing about the update made anything better, and I have tried to think of some improvement. Many in the local’s communities I’m a part of are ditching the app and just using their mobile web browser, or are ending their membership because the update has destroyed everything valuable about the platform. Your better off using your browser than this app.Show lessDeath Song
The new version works worse than the old version
The new version of Locals has a nicer looking icon, but that seems to be the only thing that is imroved. I subscribe to several content makers on Locals, and I pay separately by credit card. yet, 90% of the time when I attempt to watch the content (Scott Adams) the app is unaware that I pay afor the content and only gives me a preview. If I click the button with the preview to try to validate that I pay, the system tells me to buy some kind of Locals coins (or something like that). I am not into buying crypto tokens that are prorprietary to an app, that is why I pay by credit card. This new app had better improve soon or I will switch to just subscribing to the free podcasts and deal with the annoying ads. I only use this app to avoid ads.Show lessjdawgnoonan