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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?
683 by blickentwapft | 334 comments on Hacker News.
Reddit constantly hassles me to use their app on mobile. Why do they care so much? I really don’t want to use their app. I just wish they’d give up and let me use the browser in peace.

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