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		bandrami on June 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access? I have never understood why Reddit cares so much about getting me on the app. What advertising/tracking does it offer them that the browser doesn't?

scrollaway on June 12, 2023 [–]

It offers a little more stickiness, among other things.

bandrami on June 12, 2023 | [–]

In that it tries and fails to preview links in the app's crap internal web engine? Surely people don't actually use that?

scrollaway on June 12, 2023 | | [–]

If I were you, I wouldn't try and find too much logic in Reddit's strategy.

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