Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors
by ryandrake on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:48PM
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It feels as though there is a poor product manager or someone over there whose bonus depends on getting as many users off the mobile web and into the app as possible--whether the users actually want to or not. In a past life as a product manager, I've had the "make users do this thing they don't want to do" job and it truly sucks.
It's not merely suggestions though. They have one button - stay in your mobile browser - greyed out and one bright and active - open the mobile app.
It also uses a native-ish looking UI that pops up as the sharing UI does.
It feels like they're trying to trick people into using the app, over merely reminding people that they "should".