Why every body using reddit mobile app

i saw many people in the forum use the mobile app of reddit and it made me wonder why

Well for me Reddit is a light version of Instagram/TikTok - since I am not using both of those Reddit is a great choice.

It's very convenient. And on reddit you really can find anything.

Why not use the app? It's more convenient than the mobile site.

roydan said:

Why not use the app? It's more convenient than the mobile site.

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i think they are you using it for marketing stuff that why i don't know

im use the reddit mobile app after a lot of work out of town

reddit made their website unusable on mobile so that everybody use reddit app, this way they have more control over their user base

why not? i know a lot peole now aday don't even own pc/laptop. they only use phone and tablet. its also more convenient than mobile site.
same reason why a lot people from past to present will ask why bhw don't have official app., heck bhw can sell it for $10 and people will buy it.
hmm or add it as jr VIP perk lol

OkReerve said:

reddit made their website unusable on mobile so that everybody use reddit app, this way they have more control over their user base

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Also so they take more info from you through your mobile device and you can make ad blockers irrelevant if you're serving content through native mobile apps. Remember, Reddit is partially owned by the CCP. And we all know how much they just love getting as much info on everyone as possible.

Also interesting how after Tencent bought their stake in Reddit, it became super hard to post anything negative about the CCP or China in general, even impossible in the most popular subs.

Elvlin said:

why not? i know a lot peole now aday don't even own pc/laptop. they only use phone and tablet. its also more convenient than mobile site.
same reason why a lot people from past to present will ask why bhw don't have official app., heck bhw can sell it for $10 and people will buy it.
hmm or add it as jr VIP perk lol

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I'm sure a big part of the reason why sites like BHW don't have a mobile app, at least not on iOS, is once you go with native apps, you have to play by the prudish, fascistic rules of Apple and Google. Not many people use secondary app stores on Android and on iOS, there are none. Apple will soon have to allow side-loading apps to comply with an EU ruling but they're cunts and plan on only allowing side-loading in EU countries and I'm sure they'll go out of their way to make it difficult, make the apps run poorly, restrict their access to the various APIs, and other such tactics.

So if you go with a native app, you have to really step up your moderation game and be willing to censor the crap out of everything. Unless you're a big company like Google or Twitter, then you get some leeway.

There's a reason Reddit purged so many of their more controversial subs. To be more ad-friendly, which also meant being app store friendly. Although they still get away with showing content that a small company or individual app maker would get their app rejected over.

Reddit, Twitter, TikTok, even YT all have porn on them but Apple looks the other way due to the popularity of these platforms. Twitch and Discord get away with it as well. I don't think BHW has the clout to get approved. Apple and Google would claim they're sharing illegal content or something.

BlackHatSoda said:

Also so they take more info from you through your mobile device and you can make ad blockers irrelevant if you're serving content through native mobile apps. Remember, Reddit is partially owned by the CCP. And we all know how much they just love getting as much info on everyone as possible.

Also interesting how after Tencent bought their stake in Reddit, it became super hard to post anything negative about the CCP or China in general, even impossible in the most popular subs.

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it boggles me how this is the least discussed fact on reddit, it is as big of an issue as tiktok to america but somehow they managed to keep it under the rug.. weird

OkReerve said:

it boggles me how this is the least discussed fact on reddit, it is as big of an issue as tiktok to america but somehow they managed to keep it under the rug.. weird

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I forget the exact numbers but something like the top 1000 most popular subs are moderated by just a few dozen people. So just at the volunteer mod level, you've got a highly biased platform where these super-mods push their own agendas, opinions, and get paid to promote or remove content (even though it's against Reddit's rules). I'm sure at the company level they have their own way of handling content that doesn't break their official rules but that they quietly want to keep off the platform.

Remember when the CEO of Reddit got caught removing content that was critical of him? LOL. Like, you're super rich and you're all butt hurt that someone on your site said something you didn't like so you go into the database directly and delete it? Sad.

You can't even mention the fact that Reddit or these super-mods do these things on Reddit, maybe on some obscure subs but not any of the popular ones. They'll remove it, fast.

Jacke met said:

i think they are you using it for marketing stuff that why i don't know

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In that case, I'm joining the question

roydan said:

In that case, I'm joining the question

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hhhhhhhh

Reddit app is very comfortable to use. It is a lot better than using on the browser.

reddit for me is really useful for niche tech support questions that can't be answered by a simple online search, and the app is just the most convient way to do that for me.

I absolutely despise the official reddit app. I'll usually work on my PC, but if I have to check something on mobile I'll use 'Apollo', which is infinitely better than the official app.

Squrr said:

I absolutely despise the official reddit app. I'll usually work on my PC, but if I have to check something on mobile I'll use 'Apollo', which is infinitely better than the official app.

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I've tried that but I can never get used to the layout.

mkosag08 said:

I've tried that but I can never get used to the layout.

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Yeah I'll admit it's a bit different to the usual, but it reminds me of the old website reddit which is probably why I'm so used to it. No ads or tracking is a major benefit too.

Squrr said:

Yeah I'll admit it's a bit different to the usual, but it reminds me of the old website reddit which is probably why I'm so used to it. No ads or tracking is a major benefit too.

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i didn't realize it has no adds. might have to give it another try lol.