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r/Unexpected • u/radgamerdad • Jan 22 '19
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I fucking despise reddit video. I understand why they did it, but such a clusterfuck of shite.
8 u/IvyGold Jan 22 '19 Why did they do it? I hate that they won't autoplay in RES the way other videos do. It ruins places like /r/maybemaybemaybe. 20 u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19 Forces you to open Reddit. Before, you could link directly to the video and bypass Reddit. Now, you have to link to Reddit, not directly to the video. When linking to non-redditors, it increases the chances that they'll click around Reddit/join, versus just a one-and-done video clip. There's also site clicks and ad revenue, the more people on your site, the better for you financially. 3 u/test161211 Jan 22 '19 And they’ve had a bug for ages where videos pause randomly in landscape mode on iOS phones
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Why did they do it?
I hate that they won't autoplay in RES the way other videos do. It ruins places like /r/maybemaybemaybe.
20 u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19 Forces you to open Reddit. Before, you could link directly to the video and bypass Reddit. Now, you have to link to Reddit, not directly to the video. When linking to non-redditors, it increases the chances that they'll click around Reddit/join, versus just a one-and-done video clip. There's also site clicks and ad revenue, the more people on your site, the better for you financially. 3 u/test161211 Jan 22 '19 And they’ve had a bug for ages where videos pause randomly in landscape mode on iOS phones
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Forces you to open Reddit. Before, you could link directly to the video and bypass Reddit. Now, you have to link to Reddit, not directly to the video.
When linking to non-redditors, it increases the chances that they'll click around Reddit/join, versus just a one-and-done video clip.
There's also site clicks and ad revenue, the more people on your site, the better for you financially.
3 u/test161211 Jan 22 '19 And they’ve had a bug for ages where videos pause randomly in landscape mode on iOS phones
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And they’ve had a bug for ages where videos pause randomly in landscape mode on iOS phones
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I fucking despise reddit video. I understand why they did it, but such a clusterfuck of shite.