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		jarym on Sept 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web ... Well it worked - millions of people could be bullied into downloading an app for a website like this. Why wouldn’t companies do what works?

read_if_gay_ on Sept 4, 2020 [–]

I would think those who create the content reddit is living off are less likely to get bullied into downloading an app. Long term, the content becomes garbage and the regular users leave too.

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