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I don't see why they can't serve ads and track usage via the API? Make it an API policy violation to hide ads, which is reasonable.
by PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
I don't see why they can't serve ads and track usage via the API?
Make it an API policy violation to hide ads, which is reasonable.
- kemayo 3y agoThe fairest I can be there is that it might make their ad sales more complicated. It'd be more difficult to count "impressions" for an advertiser if you had to work out whether an ad served through the API was actually going to be shown to a user. The advertisers might also dislike the lack of control over the context their ads would be shown in. This isn't insurmountable, but it does present some challenges.
- giantrobot 3y agoReddit wants all that sweet sweet privacy invasion that's possible with apps. Take a look at the data usage claims on the App Store/Play Store for the official Reddit app. They sign up for basically every iota of data available. The official app also "suggests" (forces) subreddit content on you no matter your settings. Reddit wants to be an AdTech data source and delivery platform. Simply tracking usage on the web (where tracking can be limited or blocked) or the API is not sufficient to do Facebook/Twitter levels of user tracking.