Having user engaged is much easier when you have the app installed, as they can send you push notification. As a result of that, the number of users on the mobile web version is probably very low, so they don't put a lot of effort on the product and would probably love to deprecate it.
They also probably don't make the effort to optimize the monetization of those users, as they are so few, so they push them to use the app.
And above all HN users are probably not the ones who click the most on ads, so they don't care if you use reddit or not as you will not bring them any revenue.
- Make more money than last quarter
- Having more user engaged than last quarter
Having user engaged is much easier when you have the app installed, as they can send you push notification. As a result of that, the number of users on the mobile web version is probably very low, so they don't put a lot of effort on the product and would probably love to deprecate it.
They also probably don't make the effort to optimize the monetization of those users, as they are so few, so they push them to use the app.
And above all HN users are probably not the ones who click the most on ads, so they don't care if you use reddit or not as you will not bring them any revenue.