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submitted 1 year ago by KillaBeez@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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[-] KillaBeez@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

If something like this can pop up in weeks and provide all of the functionality people need, what makes Reddit valuable in the first place?

[-] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

Critical mass and inertia. That’s not a product I’d want to invest in, though.

[-] darkkite@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Lemmy has been around for years.

to answer your question. ability to scale to millions of users and having broad appeal.

features can be copied but scale and other non functional requirements like security takes time

[-] z2k_@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 year ago

Wefwef offers an almost identical experience to Apollo and is a webapp so you don’t need to mess with TestFlight and also works on Android.

[-] Bautznersenf@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

God damn, this is sick! I was not aware of this.

[-] esty@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Instantly became my favourite way to browse lemmy. Been using it the last two days ish and I love it

[-] Kururin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I am in the minority but I hate PWA. I like memmy tho it’s been great Apollo replacement for me

[-] beatle@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Wefwef is so good and open source.

[-] KillaBeez@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I also meant Memmy, not Mlem.

[-] WonkoTheSane@geddit.social 4 points 1 year ago

Mlem is basically Apollo for Lemmy. I’m enjoying Memmy too. Honestly the only value Reddit has is the user base. The diversity of apps and the lack of corporate ownership already make this space far more exciting than Reddit

[-] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

To answer the title question: reddit is a part of the zeitgeist, and people use it fairly regularly. By serving everyone ads disguised as posts (and shutting down API access to ensure that all traffic is served ads) they can greatly increase their revenue. Most social media has this same model.

[-] BendyLemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
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