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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by bombadil44 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:37PM (#36371795)
Those apps clearly add value to their users and the mods using the extra features.

Still find it odd that Reddit doesn't just buy out those apps, seems like it would be mutually beneficial to just about everybody.

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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by brucethemoose2 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:06PM (#36372090)
> Still find it odd that Reddit doesn't just buy out those apps, seems like it would be mutually beneficial to just about everybody.

Reddit wants a fine tuned engagement trap loaded with tracking/ads. The simple community UIs are basically the opposite of that.

Perhaps they could buy them out and run them to the ground, but maybe they were in too much of a rush to IPO.

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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by guardiangod on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:27PM (#36371671)
A better user experience adds no value to Reddit since the users are not what bring value to reddit- it's the advertisers and investors.
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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by EA-3167 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:33PM (#36371748)
They extract the value the users produce.
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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by thomascgalvin on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:19PM (#36372214)
No value to the shareholders.
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Re:Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.' by jtode on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:52PM (#36373907)
for whom?
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