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Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My best guess is they want to fight against adblockers next and can't have people easily switch to a 3PA and avoid ads this way.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ads already exist in Reddit's system as a different subtype of the same entity that a post or a comment is. They could just... Present adds in the API call returns. And they could have someone doing regular checks to ensure that the app developers aren't filtering out ads. This is so fucking stupid lol

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That wouldn't give Reddit access to your phone's APIs.

Android permissions required by Reddit 2023.23.0:

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
android.permission.VIBRATE
android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
android.permission.CAMERA
android.permission.FLASHLIGHT
android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
com.reddit.frontpage.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
com.android.vending.BILLING
android.permission.BLUETOOTH
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

tbf, there isn't anything super nefarious there. I don't even see location.

I guess the money maker is the Google add id.

[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Probably. But throwing out 3PAs is easier, well except for the backlash.

[–] Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

I switched to Lemmy to avoid Reddit a̶d̶s̶.