Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the protesting subred…
  • superfes@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get it, if 3PA is only 1% of the traffic, why even bother murdering them?

    • MadMaurice@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      My best guess is they want to fight against adblockers next and can’t have people easily switch to a 3PA and avoid ads this way.

      • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Ads already exist in Reddit’s system as a different subtype of the same entity that a post or a comment is. They could just… Present adds in the API call returns. And they could have someone doing regular checks to ensure that the app developers aren’t filtering out ads. This is so fucking stupid lol

        • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That wouldn’t give Reddit access to your phone’s APIs.

          Android permissions required by Reddit 2023.23.0:
          • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
          • android.permission.INTERNET
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
          • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
          • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
          • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
          • com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
          • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
          • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
          • android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
          • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
          • com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
          • android.permission.VIBRATE
          • android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
          • android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
          • android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
          • android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
          • android.permission.CAMERA
          • android.permission.FLASHLIGHT
          • android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
          • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
          • com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
          • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
          • com.reddit.frontpage.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
          • com.android.vending.BILLING
          • android.permission.BLUETOOTH
          • android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
          • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
          • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
          • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
          • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
          • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
          • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
          • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
          • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
          • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
          • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE
          • Sparking@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 year ago

            tbf, there isn’t anything super nefarious there. I don’t even see location.

            I guess the money maker is the Google add id.