Comment on apparently reddit also has content gated behind an app on mobile now
Yujiri@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I had a similar experience earlier today: i was on the web version of the Wage app (freelancing platform) and saw a banner saying they're gonna scrap the website and force everyone to use the mobile app only
All the proprietary stuff is just getting more user-hostile by the day. like, how long before average people can't tolerate it anymore and start switching to free stuff? i really wanna see that.
sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 years ago
They have way more tracking and advertising options on an app and it's harder to adblock there...
Also apps can stay active in the background etc, users just have way less control. Especially casual users will just let the apps have camera and microphone rights and whatever.