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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Day 2 (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The relay creator did the math and came to the conclusion that an subscription model might maybe work but it would be to tight. It reads as the person is saying that it is unfeasonable.

Even if the apps would comply;

Reddit will jack the prices again when they see fit.
Reddit also wins with this pricing because they are gonna pocket the cash.

Reddit will limit 'Recommend' and NFSW content to its official app. >

And ohw yeah you are gonna get less content for your subscription. It is all in bad faith.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that a forced paid subscription will probably kill it anyway long term, who in their right mind would pay a subscription to access Reddit?

Also don't forget that thes app owners themselves are running a business and probably make a bunch of money from their apps that they don't want to see evaporate with the changes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Another good point he made is about how he's calculating this. He's projecting current usage into the sub model.

But he's probably very right that casuals will probably leave and power users will probably pay. So it's the Spotify problem, your power users use you more costing you more but they don't pay more so you start going in the red. Considering relay is not a VC backed app or anything like that. One miscalculation and one bad month and you could see thousands of dollars in surprise costs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: the Android app for Lemmy is having problems at the moment and comments are being weird.