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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by dx87 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:17PM (#19087979)
Forcing people to use a native app means they can inject ads without having to worry about being blocked by a browser extension.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by srverma on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:51PM (#19090853)
It's also a way for PMs who own apps to build habit-forming loops. If you download the app, you can send push notifications, deep link from email, etc. "Better experience" and all that, ultimately leading to more ad impressions or a purchases in-app.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by dawnerd on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:25PM (#19088096)
And don’t forget tracking scripts too. Another huge reason.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by binarysaurus on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:30PM (#19088172)
Many users who use mobile adblockers will use one across the entire device (easy on rooted Android) instead of just a browser extension.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by airstrike on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:37PM (#19088273)
I'm pulling these numbers out of a hat, but I would wager users with rooted Android devices are below 1% of the mobile user base, and probably below 0.1% of the total user base including desktop.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by anonymousab on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:11PM (#19091432)
On Android, it used to be the case that many ad blocking apps were just Proxy services.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by throwmeback on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:50AM (#19094407)
Blokada (https://blokada.org/) acts as a VPN. It slows my connection speeds to a halt.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by delecti on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:31PM (#19088853)
Counterpoint, installing uBlock in Firefox is a piece of cake, but lots of apps don't work on rooted devices. I know there are ways to hide root from detection, but I don't care to ride that treadmill back and forth.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by skinnymuch on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:56PM (#19088486)
How many users have rooted Android? Especially people in the west who are worth a lot more to advertisers?

It can’t be that high anymore. All the signals seem to be that rooting is trending down. I could be wrong of course as I have no hard data.

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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by asdff on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:40PM (#19088297)
Aren't the majority of users on iOS or unrooted android?
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