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They made millions by showing their ads instead of Reddit's. Shutting them down will bring back most users (get real, not many will quit altogether) to the off

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• dotcoma 3y ago
  If they had a better app than reddit’s official app, I would try to serve ads on their app; or try to try to convince the creators of those apps to charge a monthly fee, and get a cut; or charge something for the use of the APIs, but something that makes sense. Betting the house on the fact that nobody will leave seems reckless to me.
• to11mtm 3y ago
  > the official app and will be served Reddit's ads, so Reddit will get the money. It's not just about the ads. It's about the telemetry/etc and being able to link the user via other apps that collect data to correlate. > How exactly is it not going to work in Reddit's favor? - Reddit's official app is kinda trash. (I do use it, but it's so bad I usually just browse HN instead.) - It's a reminder that Reddit has been getting more and more user hostile since Huffman took over as CEO again. - Tying to above, I don't personally have confidence that Reddit will follow through on their promises of better mod tools in a timely fashion. This (along with recent developments) means a lot of dedicated mods are just going to give up, and the overall content quality will get worse still. It might help their IPO but I doubt it will help the long term viability.