gotofritz @ gotofritz @beehaw.org

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Yeah, one of the other answers to the AMA was "we are not profitable yet, unlike the 3rd part app devs..." - that is something that wouldn't sit well with any investor I know

China and Russia will no doubt gladly help

I am pretty sure they've been running r/soccer for a while now, to protect Reddit Inc from being taken to court by the super litigious football authorities

It seems pretty obvious that they are trying to push out 3rd party apps, just like all the other platforms are doing. I understand why the devs are fuming, but I don't particularly care TBH. Besides the fact that we don't know what those devs are doing with our location + sensor data they are constantly collecting, they were always running on borrowed time. They made their money, now it's time to pivot to something else, like any other business.

Yeah, what I'm getting from the replies is that Reddit Inc. fucked up by doing what all other socials are doing, but without having a decent app to offer its user base. Without a decent app Reddit is basically dead. I didn't think of that angle because I avoid apps if I can

I agree that them pushing out third party apps when their own is rubbish is an idiotic move - and it will hurt them badly. They rely on people being too addicted to leave (it kind of worked when Musk did it with Twitter) but if the app is unusable it's simply not going to happen. As someone who uses as few apps as possible (why do people trust the Apollo dev to be any better at privacy than spez? anyhow...) I didn't quite grasp that for many people Reddit is an app first and foremost. No viable app = no reddit

Oh don't take me wrong, I am not saying they are handling this well. Specifically on the app, it's idiotic to force people off unofficial apps without the official app being if not better at least comparable in quality. That's why I use the web version - that and the fact I don't want apps collecting location and sensor data as I go about my day. I am not sure why people assume the Apollo devs are trustworthy and are not selling your data like everyone else does.

Hardcore communists, so extreme in many things they are indistinguishable from far right extremists. For example they support Russia in the Ukraine. The Lemmy devs are so bad they are fans of North Korea and Stalin. TBH they feel like parody or a psyop effort at times

Mourn the site that allowed toxic subs like the_donald or worse to recruit and prosper? Hell no. I will mourn small communities if they leave, but I don't believe they will. Lemmy is a good idea, but judging from the twitter / mastodon migration (or lack thererof) I am not holding my breath. The fact Lemmy's main devs are tankies makes mass adoption even less likely

Am I the only one who doesn't get all the outrage? They are a private company with a CEO and investors and that's their data. There was never any promise to be a community effort. Why should they let Apollo etc make money out of their data.

And before people say "it's NOT their data! Users cre it" - yeah it's user generated data, which users then donate to Reddit in exchange for reach and publishing tools.

It would be different if it was on the fediverse, which has totally different premises. But Reddit is a private company and eventually they would have to turn a profit. That was always on the cards.

TBF twittter were preparing big layoffs and big changes, but didn't because Musk was going to throw money at the board. If he hadn't bought them, they would have also done something drastic

"entshittification" is such a terrible word, can't believe that a professional writer came up with it

I think this is "normal" and the previous status was a glitch due to the low interest rates. Investors threw money at tech companies and didn't care whether they made any money. Not any more. It's now "make money or go bust". I am not sayiny these new trends will make them money, but IMHO it's what's driving them