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Reddit, for instance, should not be an app. It is failure on the browser's capabilities that you can't visit a reddit link without being spammed to death about

by ben174 4y ago

Reddit, for instance, should not be an app. It is failure on the browser's capabilities that you can't visit a reddit link without being spammed to death about installing their app. If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. The OS would be able to handle permissions gracefully, instead of letting the app have free reign.

Jcowell 4y ago
I disagree, Reddit does well as an app (I’m of the option that HackerNews is too , that’s why in use Octal). It’s just that Reddit has a really bad app.
- esprehn 4y ago
  What capability/user experience does it gain by being an app?
  - weikju 4y ago
    it gains the ability to bypass ublock origin and other adblockers, for one. Not for benefit of the end users, but definitely Reddit gains from it.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Or you could I don’t know, pay for it and remove ads…
  - frosted-flakes 4y ago
    It loses the ability to open pages in new tabs.
    - dijit 4y ago
      You can make a HTML link open in a new tab by adding the target=”_blank” attribute. You should insert this after the link address.
      - anton96 4y ago
        I think OP talked about the app.
      - ben174 4y ago
        Your comment makes no sense in this context.
        dijit 4y ago
        Oh, I read it as "in the App a link can be opened in a new tab".
  - ben174 4y ago
    Well, notifications, for one. Until this update which is not yet fully deployed and implemented.
- throwaway44432 4y ago
  What specifically don't you like about Reddit app?
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moistly 4y ago
> If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. I don’t want the things the developers want. Reddit’s mistake is thinking that I want anything more than headlines, thumbnails, and interstitial advertising.
dmitriid 4y ago
> If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. Reddit is text with images. That is literally the core of what web is. The only reason Reddit breaks their web version and pushes you towards the app is because Reddit wants to monetize the hell out of reddit, and doing that through the app is easier.

by ben174 4y ago

Jcowell 4y ago

I disagree, Reddit does well as an app (I’m of the option that HackerNews is too , that’s why in use Octal). It’s just that Reddit has a really bad app.

esprehn 4y ago
What capability/user experience does it gain by being an app?
- weikju 4y ago
  it gains the ability to bypass ublock origin and other adblockers, for one. Not for benefit of the end users, but definitely Reddit gains from it.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Or you could I don’t know, pay for it and remove ads…
- frosted-flakes 4y ago
  It loses the ability to open pages in new tabs.
  - dijit 4y ago
    You can make a HTML link open in a new tab by adding the target=”_blank” attribute. You should insert this after the link address.
    - anton96 4y ago
      I think OP talked about the app.
    - ben174 4y ago
      Your comment makes no sense in this context.
      - dijit 4y ago
        Oh, I read it as "in the App a link can be opened in a new tab".
- ben174 4y ago
  Well, notifications, for one. Until this update which is not yet fully deployed and implemented.
throwaway44432 4y ago
What specifically don't you like about Reddit app?

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moistly 4y ago

> If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. I don’t want the things the developers want. Reddit’s mistake is thinking that I want anything more than headlines, thumbnails, and interstitial advertising.

dmitriid 4y ago

> If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. Reddit is text with images. That is literally the core of what web is. The only reason Reddit breaks their web version and pushes you towards the app is because Reddit wants to monetize the hell out of reddit, and doing that through the app is easier.