Reddit's CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add 'No Value.'

Those apps clearly add value to their users and the mods using the extra features.

Still find it odd that Reddit doesn't just buy out those apps, seems like it would be mutually beneficial to just about everybody.

> Still find it odd that Reddit doesn't just buy out those apps, seems like it would be mutually beneficial to just about everybody.

Reddit wants a fine tuned engagement trap loaded with tracking/ads. The simple community UIs are basically the opposite of that.

Perhaps they could buy them out and run them to the ground, but maybe they were in too much of a rush to IPO.

A better user experience adds no value to Reddit since the users are not what bring value to reddit- it's the advertisers and investors.

They extract the value the users produce.

No value to the shareholders.

for whom?