I wonder why they settled
Because they were engaged in code theft, piracy and Nintendo had them dead to rights. Leaked chats and drive folders showed they were actively pirating games, paywalling questionable content and using the Switch SDK. Clean room emulation implementations are completely legal. Their methods and behavior were not.
I dont think it will be that extreme, being a liberal in America will be like being a liberal in America during the red scare.
How naive.
If Lemmy became popular, what would prevent any three-letter agency from opening a server to get all the user data?
What makes you think they haven't already?
Can't kill what is already dead.
The communities are all but gone.
The signal to noise ratio is the worst it's ever been.
Most subs are barely moderated. Actual mod involvement (as opposed to Automod) is low.
Reddit now openly collects and sells user data.
The Reddit we knew is dead and gone.
They 'allow' people to delete their posts and accounts...
But never actually delete anything from their databases. I've had years-old comments I deleted mysteriously reappear despite being gone for months.