[shivenigma]

> People who use third party apps are outliers. They do not make Reddit any money

I do agree with you. Bu the outliers usually feed the site with good content. There is a quote by Paul G (or someone)

> whatever the hackers do on the weekends, normal people will be doing regularly in 10 years.

This is a recital from memory, prone to be watered down. But the idea is that the outliers are the ones that makes it worthwhile to be in the community. If they are gone because for any reason, landed somewhere else, the normal users will eventually move away. It is not going to be visible immediately, but will have negative effects in the long run.

[satvikpendem]

Like gamblers and drug addicts, power users are the ones most likely to return to the site after leaving. There really are no true alternatives like in the Digg days, so I assume most power users will begrudgingly use the official app. Hell, I use a third party app and I just downloaded the official app as well.