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Re:Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, F... by mhh__ on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @03:27AM (#24916157)
They must have calculated they can't survive at their current ad impression rates, hence the forcing people onto their app at literally any cost these days.

It wouldn't be as much of a problem if the app actually worked well, but it doesn't

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Re:Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, F... by Google234 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:29AM (#24916858)
Are there more ads on the app?
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Re:Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, F... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:49AM (#24917662)
More ad tracking too, I suspect. I'd imagine Reddit's audience is fairly heavy on ad/privacy blocking; can't do that in the app.
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Re:Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, F... by aitchnyu on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @04:40PM (#24923875)
With autoplaying video with sound, I have to unpause my music after an ad. On the plus side, one brand (AFAICT) enabled comment section on their ad.
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Re:Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, F... by ffpip on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:28AM (#24917181)
They push awards and coins heavily on the app. Like you get constant prompts to spend money on fake karma, digital coins and stuff
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