Well, because Reddit depends on their community. And they have a pretty big demographic of geeks, nerds etc., who understand what this tracking means and who wi

Well, because Reddit depends on their community. And they have a pretty big demographic of geeks, nerds etc., who understand what this tracking means and who will get pissed off about it. And they've definitely lost users over this. Probably not enough to make them care, but it's still a considerable risk and definitely not something that you want to toy with, just because you can.