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What’s the benefit of making users install the app versus just using the web?

• jaynetics 7y ago
  - you can track them more thoroughly - you can "please" them with push notifications - you can save bandwidth by putting static assets / the framework in the app and only load content
  • rahuldottech 7y ago
    - much harder to block ads in apps than in browsers.
    • jaynetics 7y ago
      Good point. I use DNS66 which blocks ads in both so I forgot about that.
      • gruez 7y ago
        I'm surprised that'd even work considering that all the reddit ads are first-party.
  • deleted 7y ago
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  • sneak 7y ago
    Geolocation. BLE beacon reception. Detection of other apps installed.
  • Dylan16807 7y ago
    > you can save bandwidth by putting static assets / the framework in the app and only load content Is the browser cache that unreliable? Especially when you can use localstorage or something fancier to hold a few megabytes of code.
• manigandham 7y ago
  Better control over ads and data. Technically also better for users since it's faster and more reliable than a website but being forced into it sucks.
  • _-___________-_ 7y ago
    "better for users" if you ignore all of the other aspects than speed and reliability. Users have far less control over third-party tracking in an app than they do in a web browser.
    • manigandham 7y ago
      Reddit is all pseudonymous anyway and doesn't have much data in the first place (which is why they have low ad prices). It's mostly defending against adblocking which most people are fine with in exchange for a fast app that persists logins and has push notifications.