• @static@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don’t even think most of their ads gets interacted often. The small amount of people who are using the official reddit app probably have gotten used to it now so will just wait this blackout out.

    • @Devon@lemmy.world
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      171 year ago

      I think more people use the official app than you might think. I initially thought everyone was in unanimous outrage, but many just don’t care. I don’t understand how some people know about ad-free third party apps and still use the official one.

      • @Bodybroker@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        Because I was already using it since it first came out, and honestly the ads weren’t/aren’t even that big of a deal. I don’t even notice them 90% of the time.

      • @static@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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        31 year ago

        Convenience. For the average user it’s just download from the play store and scroll. I agree that lot of people use the official app but they’re used to the ads from other social media apps too probably.

        • @taj@lemmy.world
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          51 year ago

          I mean… I downloaded a third party app from the play store. Isn’t that how you got yours too??

          • Carly™
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            81 year ago

            I mean yes, you can get third party apps on the Play Store (I got mine off F-Droid but that’s besides the point), but for most people, if they want to install “Reddit” on their phone, they’re gonna search for “Reddit,” and then when the first thing that pops up is the official app, they’ll install that, and never think twice about it.

            • @Liempong_pagong@beehaw.org
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              11 year ago

              Well my proposal for lemmy is to have jerboa apply a post signature. Like “posted using Jerboa”

              So that people would start askin and be curious and then become aware that there are other apps to view the site

              • @Scaldart@lemmy.world
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                11 year ago

                I can easily see that becoming rather tiresome. Instead, if anything were to be done, what about a custom “flair” of some kind? Maybe a little golden lemming by the “link” buttons that rest above the post?

                To be honest, though, I’m not sure if it needs it. I like the idea of promoting the app, though!

    • capital
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      41 year ago

      Using the official app for a given site/service is usually a good heuristic. Just not in this case, IMO.