I tend to avoid apps in general too but I did use the Reddit third party apps for privacy on mobile.

I never logged in on RIF and used Firefox focus as my browser when clicking links (essentially private browsing session for each click) to avoid being tracked.

If I wanted to contribute I’d just copy the link and paste into normal Firefox mobile where I was logged in and upvote or comment.

I don’t feel the need to take those kinds of steps on lemmy because as you say we’re not interlopers and we’re here to try to build a better place and honestly it’s working really well.

Discussions are civil and thoughtful and even disagreements are learning experiences for the most part.