okcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 1 year agoReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1241arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comokcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareSlaVistaPL@karab.inlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoBut… 3rd-party apps are literally a free advertisement to the service which the app connects to?
minus-squarePlainsKeeper316@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoThese apps helped build early reddit and now reddit is pulling the ladder up after reaching the top.
minus-squareexscape@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoReddit 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.
minus-squareJilanico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAs I understand it, reddit’s official app was actually a 3rd party app that they bought out, so that just adds to the disingenuousness.
minus-squareexscape@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYep, 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.
But… 3rd-party apps are literally a free advertisement to the service which the app connects to?
These apps helped build early reddit and now reddit is pulling the ladder up after reaching the top.
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.
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.
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.