I used to use RiF back in the day when it was still a buggy mess. I don’t even remember when I moved to the native app. I don’t agree with Reddit’s policy update (why I’m here) but I thought the default app was fine for normal browsing. I never had issues with the video player or anything else.
I use Samsung Galaxy devices if that’s relevant.
I have also only ever used the official Reddit app. It’s funny because I thought I would finally try a different app a couple of weeks ago. I downloaded and installed RIF and it opened with a banner explaining the situation, which was barely on my radar at that point. That’s when I started looking into Reddit alternatives and ended up on Lemmy.