Thousands of subreddits are still dark.

Thousands of subreddits are still dark.

  • SlaVistaPL@karab.in
    21·
    2 years ago

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

    • exscape@kbin.social
      7·
      2 years 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.

      • Jilanico@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 years 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.

        • exscape@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years 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.