sapphrodite@dataterm.digital to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit "was never designed to support third-party apps"www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit "was never designed to support third-party apps"www.theverge.comsapphrodite@dataterm.digital to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
The company says more than 80 percent of the top 5,000 communities (by daily active users) are now open.
minus-squaremim@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 year agoDidn’t the 3rd party apps predate the official one by several years?
minus-squareLockely@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoYes. Many of them. I use Baconreader which predates the official Reddit App by like four years.
minus-squarebuckykat@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoNot only that, their official app was a third party app that they bought and rebranded.
Didn’t the 3rd party apps predate the official one by several years?
Yes. Many of them. I use Baconreader which predates the official Reddit App by like four years.
Not only that, their official app was a third party app that they bought and rebranded.
RIP Alien Blue.