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Re:Livestream of Reddit subreddits going private in protest by radarsat1 on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:01AM (#36289407)
> Will users and communities end this protest and go back to business as usual?

Maybe. It's hard to get back to business as usual when your usual client just stops working. We'll see how people adapt. I'm not sure I want to install the official reddit app.

Switching apps may as well switch sites too.. I've already got Jerboa installed, trying to see if content picks up there enough for it to remain interesting. Definitely some growing pains right now.

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Re:Livestream of Reddit subreddits going private in protest by TheAnachronism on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:24AM (#36289619)
> I'm not sure I want to install the official reddit app.

You probably don't as most requests that app makes, are tracking requests. And they clutter the app so much, it's basically unusable with all the ads and broken video players.

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Re:Livestream of Reddit subreddits going private in protest by ryanstorm on Monday June 12, 2023 @11:18AM (#36295027)
To add to this, the app downloads a significant chunk of data because of its inefficiencies. Not ideal for tight budget data plans.
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