AssholeDesign

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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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That's why i deleted Reddit account twice and I moved to Lemmy, I don't want forcing you to use shitty Reddit app to view Unreviewed content subreddits (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And the old.reddit site I believe

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Frankly I am astonished that this still works.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those who use old reddit to get around it wouldn't likely get the app anyway, so why even try blocking it?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those who use old reddit to get around it wouldn't likely get the app anyway

Hard disagree.

why even try blocking it?

The same reason new Reddit exists. The same reason they blocked third party apps from using their API; To increase engagement and serve you more ads more effectively.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 0 points 3 months ago

Hard disagree.

How so? It already takes knowledge and effort, what would another hoop change?

The same reason new Reddit exists. The same reason they blocked third party apps from using their API; To increase engagement and serve you more ads more effectively.

If the gains outweigh the cost.