They don’t even want you to use the website I don’t think. They’ve even done experiments where they blocked people from using the mobile website. The more they want me to use their app, the more I want to avoid Reddit all together.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The third-party API doesn’t let them see how people interact with the app, only what the user is accessing.

    It’s just to further monetize the user’s interactions and sell the data, because the executive team are greedy little pigboi.

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      1 year ago

      Correct. Mobile apps get privileged access on your device which they use to track you. They don’t want third-party apps having all that data.