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

submitted 1 year ago by Soullioness 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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[–] twistedtxb 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh dear god, not Shorts.. Everyone's trying to copy the TikTok model with Shorts..

[–] sanguinepar 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate, hate HATE shorts, especially on YouTube.

For my work I sometimes produce 30-60 econd video clips and trying to show them to a client when YT insists on having them in the Shorts format is frustrating. I realise I can change the URL manually to override it, but it's just so stupid. And it also means I can set a custom thumbnail, as Shorts desnt allow that.

[–] twistedtxb 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It all boils down to the way we consume media, but I feel that some platforms (like Reddit) isn't meant at all for this.

[–] sanguinepar 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely - or at least not by default.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And they do it in the most abhorrent manner ever: No timeline, no way to rewind, and hold-to-pause. And people keep making minute long shorts.

I like YouTube shorts. I hate youtube short's format. For that reason, I removed the shorts and won't get them back until revanced adds the playback controls YouTube doesn't.

Reddit will be worse. Their engineers can't make a video player that doesn't download all video qualities at the same time, on a wasteful format. Their shorts feature will follow suit, it'll be uber garbage.

[–] twistedtxb 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder if we'll have the same discussion about Lemmy Shorts in ten years from now ;)