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Posturing by an american company to a chinese one. Reddit is just as parasitic with subreddits like /r/wallstreet bets and /r/nsfw I don't see how his argument
by brian_herman 7y ago
Posturing by an american company to a chinese one. Reddit is just as parasitic with subreddits like /r/wallstreet bets and /r/nsfw I don't see how his argument holds any water whatsoever.
- chc 7y agoHow do either of those subreddits invade the user's privacy in the way Huffman was talking about?
- p45please 7y agoI don't think he read the article. The fingerprinting for a lot of these apps is scary, Reddit included. I would like to see how much Reddit does in comparison, like other commenters mentioned.
- skinnymuch 7y agoWhat is the problem with WSB? They are pretty upfront about how stupid the shit is. I haven’t been to /r/nsfw. Is there a problem with mature/adult stuff or something else?
- brian_herman 7y agoYeah, /r/NSFW used to be as bad as 4chan but now its just specifically geared towards men. Edit: replace "it" to be /r/NSFW
- ProAm 7y ago> “Because I look at that app as so fundamentally parasitic, that it’s always listening, the fingerprinting technology they use is truly terrifying, and I could not bring myself to install an app like that on my phone.” How much fingerprinting does Reddit do? What about their mobile app? Id love to see this before I make an comparisons
- skinnymuch 7y agoTencent, one of the biggest Chinese companies, owns 5% of Reddit, at least. Though Byte Dance and Tencent are definitely competitors. At some level, you could say Reddit and TikTok are too.
- brian_herman 7y agoOh this makes more sense. Playing each company against each other I guess.