• hansl@lemmy.world
      48·
      1 year ago

      They did buy a superior client. Alien Blue it was called. Then internal politics killed it. Even today Alien Blue would still be a better experience, without any updates in the last five years.

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      1 year ago

      There are a hundred different ways they could have reached a compromise on third party app support if it was just about API limits. They killed it because they want to gather mobile app telemetry like everyone else does these days.

      • Littleborat@feddit.de
        8·
        1 year ago

        Telemetry is telling them their app sucks and that people try it x period of time and then uninstall it.

        It is so terrible that I log into reddit once a week on my pc.

    • Nils@feddit.de
      3·
      1 year ago

      That’s the thing. I get that people using the service on a third party client and not seeing ads is hurting their bottom line as they use bandwidth and not make money. But just banning them outright is a shit move. Ideally they would’ve made it part of Reddit Premium to make that a bit more worthwhile.

    • Ann Archy@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      You know, I realize that some people run a dictatorship and only want absolute obedience, I totally get that, that’s totally a gettable thing for me, that’s not weird at all.