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Iโ€™ve been using Lemmy and learning the ropes of the Fediverse and Iโ€™m really impressed - especially using wefwef which has replicated my Apollo experience very well.

There are posts and everything, just a lack of comments to read for hours on end is the only issue I have, but I believe that with more users this really could be the replacement.

Are you guys thinking the same thing? Is there evidence yet that Reddit is slowly failing and power users are migrating?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know I'm getting off topic here but, that made me think of what's going on with Etsy right now. A lot of small businesses just have Etsy pages and not their own website. I've been hearing from a lot of people that Etsy isn't paying them or, holding their money for months before releasing funds.

All of that plus this really makes you think about being in control of your own things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The problem is people will still just use Etsy rather than going direct to the business, even if going direct is significantly cheaper, because it's easier.

You see it with fast food deliveries as well. People would rather just order through just eat or deliveroo rather than ringing the place up and saving quite a decent amount on their order for both themselves and the local restaurant.

Unfortunately people just want convenience these days.