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  • nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldtolemmy.ml meta@lemmy.ml•Lemmy.ml has now blocked threads.net / MetaEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Damn thinking about this, this is exactly what Reddit did with 3rd party apps

    1. Embrace openness by allowing 3rd party apps on the platform and gain user base in the process

    2. Once user base is high enough, start introducing features that aren’t available (chat, polls) in the API to entice users to abandon 3rd party apps for new features

    3. Once the users is high enough, cut 3rd party apps the fuck off and coerce users to use their app with no alternatives. Terminally online users won’t ask questions and will transition without hesitation to the official app to get their subreddit community fix.