All so you can use the shit 1st party one that’s worse in almost every metric.

Using the official app is like eating a shit sandwich covered in shit, while being shit upon.

It makes us conclude that reddit has the intention of setting the prices such that it is impossible for a third party reddit browser, e.g. Apollo/RiF, to exist. The motivation for doing this would presumably be to force all users onto reddit's own mobile app so that reddit can get more revenue from ads.

I could understand if reddit needs more revenue and saw third party apps like apollo/RiF as a problem. It makes sense if we're being honest. I just wonder why they couldn't have found a better solution for users while still generating money for reddit. Couldn't reddit buy one of these third party apps, charge a $5 per month subscription fee, and then it's all good?

I'd pay $5 per month to use RiF.

Iirc, the creator of Apollo, stated it’d cost him a million+ per month to run the app with the changes, which is why he is shutting the app down after June 30