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.

  • kalipike@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    I understand the logical concept here but struggle to really get it. As platforms do this homogenization, I lose interest in all of them. I’d far rather have several platforma that do one or two things really, really well instead of a bunch of platforms that do everything, but poorly.

    I like your comment about a trend toward mediocrity!

    • Stumblinbear
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      2 years ago

      Oh sure, they push away some subset of users, but there are large swaths of the population that it appeals to. Significantly more than it annoys.