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by Sir_Cmpwn 3724 days ago
In addition to the other problems raised, it's frustrating that while Reddit itself continues to be open source [1] with significant contributions from the open source community [2], neither of these new apps are (and with no signs of that changing).

[1] https://github.com/reddit/reddit

[2] https://github.com/reddit/reddit/graphs/contributors

3 comments

Their new website is open-source and updated frequently:

https://github.com/reddit/reddit-mobile

Promotion websites and server-side engines are nice (even though we know Reddit Inc runs a slightly modified version), but malicious client-side apps can be significantly more harmful by abusing permissions.

That's why I'm very careful what I install on my phone: unlike Reddit posts, I have virtually no control over what the software does.

I'd honestly be happy enough with an open-sourced AB that the community took back on.
Indeed. An ugly move IMO.