Like many or most of us, I've long been annoyed by Reddit's nagspam to install the app or just use a browser (on mobile). It's annoying, particularly because th

Like many or most of us, I've long been annoyed by Reddit's nagspam to install the app or just use a browser (on mobile). It's annoying, particularly because the app is shitty. As others have said, the browser experience is just significantly better (eg tabs, pinch-to-zoom). Forcing you into the app is next level. I'm surprised some have put them in the same boat as Tiktok. Compare the logged out mobile Web experience of clicking on a Tiktok link to, say, Instagram and then get back to me. Tiktok just works and plays the video. IG nags you to login. And the page is slow to load. Like how IG Reels expects to be aserious Tiktok competitor is completely beyond me. But we're doomed to repeat this pattern with Reddit and whatever eventually succeeds it: 1. Company creates app/website for users to create content; 2. Users create content. The company does everything it can to create hypergrowth; 3. At some point the owners decide to extract value from the user-generated content through ads, selling information, etc. It's easier to monetize an app than a website so you'll get nagged (and eventually forced) into installing the app; 4. There will be cries of protest. Comapny will mollify its users by partially backpedalling; 5. It'll quietly just roll forward with the changes months later after users have accepted the partial changes from (4); 6. Go to (3). At some point the site turns into Myspace, Geocities, Experts Exchange, etc and users eventually leave and the cycle repeats itself. This model is broken.