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why does Reddit want us to use the official app so badly? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They don't even want you to use the website I don't think. They've even done experiments where they blocked people from using the mobile website. The more they want me to use their app, the more I want to avoid Reddit all together.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couldn't they have integrated ads as posts, then it'd show on any third part app. And I saw other ideas floating around about making third party app access a feature behind Reddit Premium. So many alternatives and they choose the most idiotic one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

or buy the apps and incorporate their functionality