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why does Reddit want us to use the official app so badly? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Soullioness@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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They don't even want you to use the website I don't think. They've even done experiments where they blocked people from using the mobile website. The more they want me to use their app, the more I want to avoid Reddit all together.

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[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because companies don't want money. They don't want a lot of money. They want ALL the money. If another company has a feature that people like and use, then this company wants that money as well. So they either buy that other company or copy and push the feature in the hopes of converting users.

This is why YouTube has these asinine shorts shoved into your layout. They know YT users don't want them. This is why you can't disable them. They know that another company makes money with shorts and they want it - so YOU are gonna use them goddammit.

A third party YouTube app doesn't have to show these shorts so YT wouldn't be able to pressure their users into consuming that format.

[–] kalipike@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I happen to like the shorts. I only wish your shirts subscriptions were separate from your regular subscriptions. Otherwise I don't have any issues with it.

However, I do know a lot of people do take issue with it, and that's okay!

[–] TheGayDude@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard they are planning on adding pants soon, cant wait to see the drama around it

[–] kalipike@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

YouTube Pants™ coming soon to a mobile app near you!