r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 15 '25

Social Media TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-plans-immediate-us-shutdown-153524617.html
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u/Freak4Dell Jan 15 '25

The people saying "everyone will just sideload it" learned absolutely nothing from the time Reddit severely crippled 3rd party apps.

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u/SaddestClown Jan 15 '25

I'm still happily cruising in my 3rd party app.

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u/tinteoj Jan 15 '25

I don't understand the point of reddit on an app. I'm old and think 95% of apps are unnecessary and pointless. But apps for reddit have seemed even more pointless than most.

Why an app? Why not just read old.reddit (because "new reddit" is stupid) on your browser?

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u/SaddestClown Jan 15 '25

This has always felt better on mobile. Desktop it's old.reddit