sunshine

It looks different for me - I didn’t want to go back, so I just installed Reddit Enhancement Suite and the old.reddit redirect and disabled my ad blockers for it, and sure enough it looks like garbage now so it’s easy to remember not to use it.

I think it’s a Marge Simpson “they just think it’s neat” situation

If you’re already comfortable working in the shell, you should check out tig. It’s not as fully featured as the other clients named here, but it’s an excellent viewer nevertheless.