Slack mobile is unreliable with image upload failures and broken layouts
Slack's mobile app fails to upload small image files and suffers from UI layout bugs where channel views overlap. These persistent reliability issues drive users toward alternatives like Discord. Single review with high emotional intensity but no broader pattern signal.
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