• @wvenable@lemmy.ca
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    132 years ago

    They have hundreds of mobile developers and can’t make a decent app or features anyone wants – I’m going to guess that whatever executive pet project that one is won’t ever see any reasonable output either.

    • Boz (he/him)
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      62 years ago

      Yeah, it is kind of shocking to think the company has been around for 18 years, and their app is still so bad people will pay for third party apps instead.

      • Buck Fucket
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        42 years ago

        Reddit would’ve been better off buying out the most profitable/popular third party app, making minor housekeeping changes (app name, app logo, etc) and moving on. Instead they show themselves in the foot a little.

        • NaN
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          22 years ago

          They bought Alien Blue but then decided to write new apps from scratch.

        • Boz (he/him)
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          22 years ago

          I agree, assuming their goal was to have an app that appeals to users. Possibly the one they have appeals to advertisers, although even advertisers probably prefer an app people use willingly.

      • @SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
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        02 years ago

        It’s a “bad” app to you because you are not the paying customer. For the paying customer (advertisers), it’s a great app.

    • @Jongaros@lemmy.ml
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      52 years ago

      There is no use for having a good first party app when you can just kill all competition. Reddit does not need to care anything other than making money through their apps.

      • @NightOwl@lemmy.one
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        22 years ago

        Yeah, and the end game is data collection. Doesn’t matter if users complain. As long as the users of the official app grows it is a success.