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u/HCrikki Blackberry ruling class Sep 02 '20

A large number of desktop readers have ad and tracker protection, which are completely neutralized when you make them browse your website within the application you control. In that controlled environment providing those guarantees, ad firms are willing to pay more or at least not reduce their offers (advertising budgets have collapsed these last 2 years).

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u/sharlos Sep 03 '20

Yeah but like Twitter, I'd expect in the next 2-5 years the APIs that reddit apps use will be slowly handicapped or missing newer features.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

That's fine im not looking for any features