okcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 2 years agoReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1245file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1245external-linkReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comokcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareSlaVistaPL@karab.inlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoBut… 3rd-party apps are literally a free advertisement to the service which the app connects to?
minus-squarePlainsKeeper316@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoThese apps helped build early reddit and now reddit is pulling the ladder up after reaching the top.
minus-squareexscape@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoReddit also launched their own phone app YEARS after third party apps became popular. Like 5-6 years later. Presumably because they felt those apps were a good thing – or at the very least not a bad thing.
But… 3rd-party apps are literally a free advertisement to the service which the app connects to?
These apps helped build early reddit and now reddit is pulling the ladder up after reaching the top.
Reddit also launched their own phone app YEARS after third party apps became popular. Like 5-6 years later. Presumably because they felt those apps were a good thing – or at the very least not a bad thing.