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>>robbie+(OP)
Someone in the thread where the OP linked directly to the Reddit post[0] suggested that perhaps Apollo would just create its own Reddit-like website under the name Apollo, republish it on the app store and then all the users would flock to the new social-media app instead of Reddit. The whole thing is really Reddit's fault: instead of offering to buy-out Apollo and make it official, they are relying on their ultra-shitty interface that nobody wants to use and hoping they can make an extra buck on the few third-party apps that will remain.

I'm not sure what they expect...we've all seen it happen with social-media, it starts out all open and free, and then investors get involved and soon enough people have already moved on to the next open and free alternative. 4chan is the only exception to this rule. But if 4chan somehow got transformed into a for-profit service, then things have already gotten very bad.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141083#36144800

>>Discou+HX1
> ultra-shitty interface that nobody wants to use

I don’t want to sound dramatic, but the official Reddit app works just fine and is much more popular than any third party client in terms of usage.

>>anonre+2p2
It is more popular because it's extremely heavy pushed.

>>KptMar+DC2
It's more popular because the amount of absolute horseshit people are willing to wade through to get their fix of social media stuff is insane.

Reddit could replace half of the links with gruesome ISIS beheading videos and people would probably just keep scrolling. Only something like a third of all web users even have an ad blocker.

>>mrguyo+MZ2
>Reddit could replace half of the links with gruesome ISIS beheading videos and people would probably just keep scrolling

That would absolutely increase engagement.

>Only something like a third of all web users even have an ad blocker.

That's actually way higher than I thought...