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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 54 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Ads.

[–] kadu 46 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Not only ads, but their app is the only one that supported their NFT system. And their Twitter Spaces clone. And their upcoming shorts feature. And so on. They desperately want to be every other social network, and that means copying features that are mobile-centric.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I really don't get why all these social platforms try so hard to just be copies of each other. I like having diverse and different platforms for different things. Once they all started homogenizing, I really stopped using most social media.

And when LinkedIn added their ripoff of Instagram Stories I was like...aaaaand that's it for me. Why does a professional site need a stories feature?

[–] ChosenUndead15 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LinkedIn is the most stupid thing because it is a fucking job board that wants to play to be Facebook and is the most unnecesary thing in the world. Before the Instagram Stories clone they were already too far by adding like 20 other social network features that a page like LinkedIn doesn't need.