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Reddit risks losing its identity in pursuit of profits (www.techzine.eu)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Reddit isn't profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform's API

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[–] danc4498 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldn't say it's a better product, but it is quicky moving in that direction.

I'm so happy user funded and user controlled is a viable market strategy.

[–] unwinagainstable 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The official Reddit app is just a miserable experience. Take away the ads and bugs and I still don’t like it. Navigation, layout, voting are all inferior to Memmy already and the gap is only widening

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Agreed! Any time I go back to try it out, it’s a miserable experience. I was spoiled for 6 years or however long it was with Apollo where the user experience was obsessed upon. I’m using Mlem now and it’s refreshing compared to the official Reddit app.

[–] Dark_Arc 2 points 1 year ago

It also works for operating systems ;)

https://kde.org/