Eugen RochkoJun 12, 2023
I think it would be amusing if Reddit did implode over this. It'd be entirely self-inflicted... The site is only usable with third party apps.
Show threadendeavorance 🕊️Jun 12, 2023

@Gargron I think it’s most likely gonna end up just causing old time users to migrate and they’ll have to pivot to a new target demographic or something.

I mentioned this situation in a few recent videos and I’ve gotten a loooot of comments from people who aren’t even aware of the concept of a 3rd party app. Then, their first instinct is to defend the company’s “right” to only have the proprietary app.

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@endeavorance @Gargron I don't know. Maybe they've just had enough of footing the server cost bills and paying the developers' salaries with no noticeable income to mention apart from ads business, which, for all we know, might be diminishing. Maybe they'll shrink a little (or a lot), but end up with some sort of balanced budget. Traffic might go down, but so will server costs, and ads money might go up a little, when more people start using their official app. I think a lot of I-don't-cares will do just that, and I think the people at Reddit think the same thought. I'm not very invested in Reddit, do I'll just move to Lemmy. Look for existing communities about the content I need over there and be rid of the rest.
Jun 12, 2023 at 5:47amWeb