• s_s@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    They have something else in common: Bots.

    And then there’s one more thing in common: they get paid for bot activity just the same as organic activity so they’re incentivized to under-report the problem.

    Before the IPO happens, they have to rid themselves of third-party clients so that the app store numbers can’t be extrapolated to verify site-wide user activity.

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      1 year ago

      they have to rid themselves of third-party clients so that the app store numbers can’t be extrapolated to verify site-wide user activity.

      I must be having a pre-morning-coffee dumb, but how would this extrapolation realistically work, in your opinion? Those install numbers aren’t exactly… exact, from what I understand.