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How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Re: How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Post by AtomicOrbital »

I'm only an occasional reddit user so have not looked for such clients yet my guess is most heavy users are already using such tricks as it's unbearable to put up with the magnitude of advertising on reddit

Note to reddit: rethink your advertising strategy as it's unforgiving to be pummeled by ads incessantly

Re: How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Post by gruez »

>without [...] tracking

of the ios apps they listed:

apollo: has anonymous analytics

narwhal: has "Usage Data Advertising Data" under "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You", has anonymous analytics/usage/crash logs, and uses your device id

not exactly escaping much tracking here.

Re: How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Post by lysergia »

gruez wrote: post #3

>without [...] tracking of the ios apps they listed: apollo: has anonymous analytics narwhal: has "Usage Data Advertising Data" under "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You", has anonymous analytics/usage/crash logs, and uses your device id not exactly escaping much tracking here.

Personally I use old.reddit.com with an AD blocker. Surprisingly this article doesn’t mention it

Re: How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Post by gaoshan »

Reddit has declined so significantly in quality and (in particular) moderation that it's hard to get much out of it. I used it from the very beginning and now overall quality (both posts and comments) is as low as I can recall. Mods have ridiculous power over any users that actually participate in the comments and, in my opinion, the "weaponization" of moderator ability as well as of reddit's newer mod tools has gotten to the point where you participate at your account's peril.

If you want to graze it on the toilet, fine. If you participate in a niche subreddit where the mods value a lack of censorship, fine. Outside of that it has become a place for reposted content, low quality commentary (literally the opposite of a place like this) and a rapidly increasing moderator tyranny.

Re: How to access Reddit without ads and tracking

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Post by joegahona »

tazu wrote: post #4

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Gen-pop on Reddit is terrible, but as someone else pointed out, it’s massive and very specialized. I’m in a forum about CPAP machines, mechanical keyboards, my city, coffee, and UX dark patterns. That’s not stuff that works on HN. They are completely different needs / value.
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