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Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Aren't we all supposed to be Linux nerds in here?

After the meltdown that occurred when Reddit ultra monetize their API Lemmy acquired a lot more casual users. Especially when makers of Reddit apps switched over to making Lemmy apps instead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was one of those people. But statistically, even the people who migrated from Reddit to here are not "normies". My "normie" friends (which is all of them ๐Ÿฅฒ) just kept on using Reddit and didn't notice anything. They weren't even using 3rd party apps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

My point is just that Lemmy is no longer made up of just Linux nerds. Over the course of the last couple of years the user base has diversified quite a bit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Blows my mind that people just deal with ads.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

What truly blows my mind is the amount of requests the 1st party Reddit app sends home. Back when I was using Sync I still had the app installed, but then I set up AdguardHome and saw that my phone was spamming requests. Checked the logs and found out that the 1st party app, which I wasn't even using for months, was "phoning home" literally every 10 seconds! Besides privacy concerns, that can't be good for battery life. Nuked the app then and there. I'll take the nagging, thank you.