Seconded, for the same reason.

Yep. I used old UI on desktop, and RIF on my phone. They kept the style that I like, simple and easy to use. Convenient, not a ton of bloat.

Every time I tried to use the official app I hated it, every time I created a new account I hated the web UI until I enabled old mode.

I'm brand new here on Lemmy, hoping it can fill at least a little of the void. Miss RIF already :(