My suspicion is, reddit leadership wants to cash in even more on the smartphone addiction - hence the ongoing tiktokification through r/all and the heavy push t

My suspicion is, reddit leadership wants to cash in even more on the smartphone addiction - hence the ongoing tiktokification through r/all and the heavy push to control the UX (first by promoting the app, now by locking out 3rd-party clients). From the UI changes and priorities I've seen so far, I wouldn't be surprised if the endgame is to just have a tiktok-like stream with a mix of cat pictures, cyclically repeated rage-inducer questions from r/askreddit, r/amitheasshole or r/relationship_advice, mixed with some tabloid news and shitposts/memes. Never mind the quality of the content as long as you have eyeballs. For that you don't need any actual communities either.