[andirk]

Example: Reddit is persistent on the user downloading the app when almost everything I digest from it is 95% plain text and basic images, and occasionally a video embed. There is zero use for an app when the World Wide Web was made for this type of content since the early 1990s.

Maybe that's more an app vs mobile web argument, but the point is adding complexity that adds no value is really annoying.

[gloxkiqcza]

Well it’s easier to get you hooked and show you more and better targeted ads if you get the app. There’s a value add, it’s just not for you, the user. It’s for Reddit and their customers (advertisers).

[CommenterPerson]

One reason I always refuse to get Apps and get pulled into the surveillance world.

[qingcharles]

Reddit is one of those sad stories where some features are now only available on the mobile app and the endpoints on their API are not documented so you can't access them any other way.