That is exacly what they try to achieve, satansmaggotycumfart.
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SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are they just trying to divert as much traffic as possible through their app?
Norodix@lemmy.world 6 months ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But why?
Do they somehow get more personal data that way?
I thought closing access to the API was for my own protection!
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yep, if you request the desktop version you don’t get that redirect.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep. Reddit has gone full corporate.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 months ago
Yeah, there is 0 way that reddit reviews even 10% of of the content, probably even 5%, if even that. There’s just no way. This is just a scare tactic to get you into their walled garden, to download their app, sign you up, and become a metric.
NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi 6 months ago
Yep, why would the subreddit be safer inside their own app xD
Delphia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So people cant access “unrated” 18+ content they found on Google and then have people get mad that the content was NSFW or restricted.
Its essentially a “We dont know what your going to find here and dont want lawsuits” protection.
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’d be nice if Google unlisted links that bring you to “install our app or you get nothing” pages
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can apps access your photos?
officermike@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you give them permissions. Speaking from Android. Don’t know how iOS works.