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Why did reddit not buy apollo? (self.asklemmy)

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

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Apollo was already a nice app so why didn't reddit just buy apollo and integrate ads into it and just keep the features that made everyone happy.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think it's a move to monetize but without any mindful strategy whatever to utilize the strength of the platform or to maintain the integrity thereof. In other words "Elon did it so we do it too" .