> 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 l

> 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.