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Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I left a couple of months ago. Couldn't be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I guess they didn’t make API millions by charging usage fees? Scraping the bottom of the barrel now while people use the site less and less.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

The API fees clearly weren't made to make money directly though, it was meant to get rid of 3rd party clients so they could more effectively do what the OP is about.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet the they lost single percent of people. And most use it and don't care.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I still use it with patched Boost. The moment the API is gone I am too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We don't know their actual engagement numbers, what I do know is: quality on non-default subs has pitfalled. That is subjective, but its common across other reddit users I know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've also heavily felt the quality decline.

I've kept using reddit because relay for reddit kept working without paying... until today.

Fuck spez

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

Both the quality has declined, and the tone seems consistently more negative. Like there's an even bigger majority of angry teenagers running the site.