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Tldr: money
Reddit's draw was content. Could have been from users or aggregated from different sources. Content was provided for free by users. Content was moderated for free by mods.
Now reddit is complaining that users consuming content via means bypassing monetisation are entitled while reddit has been freeloading for years. They're basically infrastructure. Important but not the lifeblood.
I hope they wither and perish.
Yeah definitely so, and weren't there some statistics regarding the amount of people using 3rd party apps, and that being relatively low? Correct me if I am wrong
@EV_EV @pluralistic @wrath-sedan @novarime Even in the interview where /u/spez went on a tear about how Apollo was profiting off Reddit and costing them so much money, he said Reddit's own app got 95% of the downloads 😩
In the step between being good to their users and abusing their users, eternal September occurs. Early adopters tend to be curious and technically minded sorts of people, and the users that follow them, less so. Right now I'm enjoying that posts here tend to be more thoughtful and in good faith than what one usually finds on reddit.
Somehow, Cory has done a ton of amazing writing, speaking, and other work, but his best work is a single word.
I wonder if we could find a better word than "enshittification". Maybe something more descriptive?
@narF I doubt it.
I'm asking because some people (ex: my mom) would react badly to using such word just because there's "shit" in it. But with a different word, she might get it and use it.
I'm not good enough in english to find something better...
I enjoyed this 3-part interview with Cory about the subject: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/enshitification
Welcome to capitalism, have a seat! That'll be $250
It's a basic monopoly move. Why is Google making it's search function shitty? Because it's a monopoly and you won't go to a competitor. Reddit assumes that it can make these moves because it doesn't have a competitor, and if it did, it could buy out the competitor right now.