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[โ€“] axtualdave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not about the ads. It's about the telemetry you can get on user behavior from a mobile app. Reddit wants to leverage that as part of its ad sales package.

[โ€“] derf82@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Bingo. TARGETED ads is where the money is. They need the app to collect data. This is about selling your data.