<story><title>Please stop asking me to use the app</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/8vkzvg/please_stop_asking_me_to_use_the_app/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>minimaxir</author><text>Reddit&amp;#x27;s recent tactics have incidentally topped &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign lately, such as using a &lt;i&gt;fake&lt;/i&gt; loading screen for the app-pushing (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8k10c7&amp;#x2F;not_gonna_download_the_reddit_app_artificial_load&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8k10c7&amp;#x2F;not_g...&lt;/a&gt;), a Facebook-esque obfuscation of ad-posts in the app (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;85liof&amp;#x2F;how_reddit_tries_making_ads_look_like_any_other&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;85liof&amp;#x2F;how_r...&lt;/a&gt;), and mobile notifications for subreddits you don&amp;#x27;t follow (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8m53bi&amp;#x2F;reddit_mobile_now_notifies_me_about_subreddits_im&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8m53bi&amp;#x2F;reddi...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;My main concern is Reddit pulling a Twitter and cracking down on third-party clients&amp;#x2F;enhancers, such as RES and the Apollo app for iOS (which is excellent)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Rapzid</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve had to start disabling notifications on just about everything due similar tactics across the app-o-system. Facebook spam was getting nuts; phone vibrating at 2AM because somebody I haven&amp;#x27;t had contact with in years has updated a picture? Google has even been getting really bad with TV show episode availability updates for shows I have never watched or searched for? Or is that some other app? I think the shark is well below us on notifications.</text></comment>
<story><title>Please stop asking me to use the app</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/8vkzvg/please_stop_asking_me_to_use_the_app/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>minimaxir</author><text>Reddit&amp;#x27;s recent tactics have incidentally topped &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign lately, such as using a &lt;i&gt;fake&lt;/i&gt; loading screen for the app-pushing (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8k10c7&amp;#x2F;not_gonna_download_the_reddit_app_artificial_load&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8k10c7&amp;#x2F;not_g...&lt;/a&gt;), a Facebook-esque obfuscation of ad-posts in the app (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;85liof&amp;#x2F;how_reddit_tries_making_ads_look_like_any_other&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;85liof&amp;#x2F;how_r...&lt;/a&gt;), and mobile notifications for subreddits you don&amp;#x27;t follow (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8m53bi&amp;#x2F;reddit_mobile_now_notifies_me_about_subreddits_im&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;assholedesign&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;8m53bi&amp;#x2F;reddi...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;My main concern is Reddit pulling a Twitter and cracking down on third-party clients&amp;#x2F;enhancers, such as RES and the Apollo app for iOS (which is excellent)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nunez</author><text>When that happens, I will finally be more productive with my life and stop using Reddit. I already hate how much of a walled-garden Facebook is; it would be a shame for Reddit to go in that direction (wrt third party apps)</text></comment>