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You Can't Look at Porn on Any Reddit Third-Party App Now (www.vice.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

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[–] Nahaelem 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is ultimately a way to further cripple 3rd part apps. Thus, making the official Reddit app look better by comparison. It’s not certain if Reddit will get rid of porn, because while porn sub-reddits don’t generate ad revenue, a not insignificant portion of Reddit’s user-base visit porn sub-reddits, making Reddit a good one-stop-shop for a user’s media related need. So while porn doesn’t generate ad revenue, it brings users, users who also visit other non-porn sub-reddits that do.