• DreadPotato
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    11 months ago

    B) They collect significantly more data from the first party app than they were able to from the third party apps, and they’re selling that data for a significant sum of money beyond just their own ad ecosystem.

    My money is on this being the reason…the official reddit app is ridiculously invasive.

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      11 months ago

      Which rolls back to the original comment. If their first party app is indeed that profitable where’s the marketing and promotion towards potential buyers?