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'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's sad they won't listen to their users

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

it's what happens when big tech is putting profit over people

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

Tale as old as time...

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

Not just big tech. It's the story of capitalism as a whole. When we suffered the one two punch of decoupling the cash supply from a tangible asset, and the tax brackets for the Uber wealthy dropping from 90/100% to less than 10% in some cases. We were always destined for this.

And keep in mind I'm not arguing against Fiat currency. But combined did not being locked to a fixed tangible asset. And the basically supreme Court decided profit above all else ruling. It's turned it all into a giant unrelated untamed game of abstract numbers.