28 ms·
Yeah I think their real intention is to kill off third party Reddit apps so people are forced to use their own app, with all its tracking and garbage. Reddit o
by spacephysics 3y ago
Yeah I think their real intention is to kill off third party Reddit apps so people are forced to use their own app, with all its tracking and garbage.
Reddit on mobile browser is a case study of insane dark patterns
Click to sort comments while not logged in? A popup appears asking to log in, with no close button. You have to click out of the box, but that’s not easily apparent
View an 18+ subreddit? Let them browse for 30 seconds, then ask they log in
Visit the site? Ask to login or use their app.
At this point, I’m more motivated to do anything but use their app if they’re this hellbent on getting me to download it.
- le-mark 3y agoThis exactly, it’s unuseable and will only get worse. When “old” stops working it’ll be a sad, sad day. This blackout has made me realize how deeply I’ll miss reddit. The thing is, to me, reddit would never be a viable enterprise without the volunteers moderation. If reddit had to pay for that they’d never ipo. And if they think the moderators will stay and be exploited they’re wrong. Thus if they go through with this they’ll fail as a public company. There is no there where they going.
- simias 3y agoYeah they've been trying to kill old.reddit and third party apps for a long time. The experience degrades more and more as they add new features that are only fully supported (or supported at all) on new.reddit and the official app. This has been going on for years. I'm convinced that this would have happened with or without OpenAI, especially with the mirage of an IPO on the horizon. Controlling the client to show ads and siphon data is just too valuable. Maybe the OpenAI thing pushed them to speed up the process.