To be fair this isn't isolated to reddit. I confess my technical acumen leans on the SA side of the house. I am curious: can they soak up more user data versus a browser? I am referring to "industry accepted practices" for reputable sites/apps, not malicious ones. I just always seem to be getting pushed towards an app, often with missing functionality, and i just want to understand why.
I'm assuming the native app makes each user worth 5x a web user. There's prob a number out there somewhere.<p>So, if a web user is worth $1/user/month in profit, an app user is worth $5/user/month in profit.