They're desperate to pump their number of "real users" up, so they're really going to punish lurkers.

Speaking of punishing lurkers, do you know what pisses me off more than anything? Reddit has a perfectly functional mobile app. It works great. But they artificially limit it extensively to force you to download their app. That's such fucking bullshit. I'm willing to see ads and what not for a "free" service; but the only reason to get me to download an app is for nefarious reasons like spamming my notifications, getting me more "hooked" by making me "commit" storage space, tracking me, etc.