𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒It' the end of red-dit as we know it. (And I feel fine)
LukaDoncicReddit really is killing the goose that laid the golden egg. An affordable option for API use would have been a good compromise but Spez cant take his head out of his own ass.
This is by design. They've got us arguing about the api price, when their goal was to kill off third party apps and get all users on their app so they can data mine us. And the ridiculous api price is a secondary bonus for them, since AI and LLM companies will gladly pay it to sick up the content on the platform.
And the sad part is that it seems like 99 % of Reddit's population don't care the slightest about that and are happily enjoying the ad- and telemetry infested piece of garbage Spez wants to shove down our throats.
LollerCorleoneThey will also gradually turn away from the platform as the content quality deteriorates. But it'll be a slow process.
Yeah right now these changes will only result in highly invested and motivated users migrating away to other platforms like Lemmy.
Then, after a lag... That will result in regular users noticing that the content and moderation and all the other important things that inform the experience at Reddit really suck compared to how it used to be and that those things seem to be a lot more appealing at those other platforms. Then we will see a larger migration. Probably sparked by some new user-hostile nonsense from Reddit's management.
Is Sync going too? I've never actually used reddit's official app
Sync's developer is on here and has a post linking to register to be a tester for Sync for Lemmy. Here's the post: https://lemmy.world/post/803492
RealFknNitoWe didn't start the fire. No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it.
Can't stop it now, goodbye Reddit.
https://www.talklittle.com/rif-is-fun/goodbye
Reddit now is just a platform used to recruit reddit users to switch to Lemmy!