• wvenable@lemmy.ca
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    1 年前

    They have hundreds of mobile developers and can’t make a decent app or features anyone wants – I’m going to guess that whatever executive pet project that one is won’t ever see any reasonable output either.

    • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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      Yeah, it is kind of shocking to think the company has been around for 18 years, and their app is still so bad people will pay for third party apps instead.

      • Buck Fucket@lemmy.world
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        1 年前

        Reddit would’ve been better off buying out the most profitable/popular third party app, making minor housekeeping changes (app name, app logo, etc) and moving on. Instead they show themselves in the foot a little.

        • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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          I agree, assuming their goal was to have an app that appeals to users. Possibly the one they have appeals to advertisers, although even advertisers probably prefer an app people use willingly.

      • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
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        It’s a “bad” app to you because you are not the paying customer. For the paying customer (advertisers), it’s a great app.

    • Jongaros@lemmy.ml
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      There is no use for having a good first party app when you can just kill all competition. Reddit does not need to care anything other than making money through their apps.

      • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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        Yeah, and the end game is data collection. Doesn’t matter if users complain. As long as the users of the official app grows it is a success.