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  • SlaVistaPL@karab.in
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    1 year ago

    But… 3rd-party apps are literally a free advertisement to the service which the app connects to?

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        As I understand it, reddit’s official app was actually a 3rd party app that they bought out, so that just adds to the disingenuousness.

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          1 year ago

          Yep, they bought out Alien Blue, basically Apollo’s predecessor as the best iOS client.

          And then they ruined it such that nobody could ever tell it was once a great client.