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I'm not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium

I'm not sure if this is well-known or not that they're pushing it now, but it's the first time I've seen it, especially on old.reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago

just reminded me to cancel premium, thank you!!

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The irony is that I was mentally prepared to have to pay for Premium to keep BaconReader. All they had to do was add an "API access" badge to that screen and none of this would have happened, plus they would have gotten a bunch more new sign-ups. I am at a loss to explain what Steve is thinking, nor why his decisions are better for profitability.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I'd gladly pay the sub for Apollo if reddit had decided to charge a modest price for the API and Christian could make a buck off it and reddit could also make a few bucks off me.

Reddit could've probably 5x'd or 10x'd the money they make off me that way, but now they 0x'd it.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Same here. If they'd have just framed it differently and put the onus of paying for api access on the users (at a modest fee), almost none of the backlash would have happened.

Then I'd still be oblivious.

I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation. I like the ideals of the fediverse and want it to succeed.

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[–] mcc 86 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I mean, if they say "you have to pay 3 bucks a month to use 3rd party client" I would be annoyed but I would understand, and I would still be on reddit.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

I would have paid $3 a month to use a third party client. I don't want to pay $50 for bulk shit.

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

I would have gladly paid for a premium reddit experience, had it provided useful features. 3rd party app access is something I would have totally understood and paid for. RES features integrated, various styles such as old.reddit enshrined and protected, the option to opt in/out of various features, premium access to mod/admin subs that actually get a response, etc.

Instead they offered awards to give out. No value, no purchase.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Exactly. But they dropped exhorbitant cost on those apps and provided no runway for them to adapt their business model. So instead - I’m here on kbin and likely going to dive into an open source project to try to help get a mobile app for this out soon.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Premium’s been a thing for a long time, it used to be Reddit Gold several years ago. It also used to be cheaper, $3.99/mo but it went up multiple years ago.

They might be pushing it hard right now, though. Not sure. Maybe they’re trying to entice the people who were paying for 3PA features to pay Reddit instead or something.

I currently have premium, ad free is the only way Reddit is palatable even before all this went down and I bought it ages ago when I wanted to support a thing I used every day and also have had a couple awards that extended it, it expires in August. I won’t be renewing.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s funny because if they did something like require Reddit premium to use 3rd party apps I would understand and honestly just pay it. Now I’m here.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would have been such a good idea, quite literally a win/win for both reddit and 3rd party apps however that would require Spez to actually be clever and willing to work with others instead of role playing a dollar store version of Logan Roy.

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

Yeah, I was an original buyer on reddit gold. Then I got 2 years free because of the Alien Blue shutdown, and I never reupped afterward, because it didn’t really add anything to the experience.

And by the looks of it “avatar upgrades” and “Custom app icons” ain’t really providing anything else of value still.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

"The suckers we talked into giving us money for our crazy salaries over the past decade+ want a return on their investment so cough up"

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Man, I signed up reddit premium in like April because I wanted to support the site that I'd been using for 13 years. Just two months later, I've got so much regret lol

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

https://liberapay.com/Lemmy

You can always donate that money Lemmy devs instead.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Leaving that garbage website was the best decision I've made for my mental health since pot

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I actually -was- paying for premium for over 6 years… canceled now

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Pay us and we'll give you all this junk you never wanted in the first place"

I don't want more stuff - I want less of it. That's why I used RiF/old.reddit and that's why I'm now leaving.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly. Avatars? Coins? Awards? I just wanted to stay up to date with the world and have conversations with people about it every once in a while.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

I tried to look at a reddit link via mobile web browser and it said something really stupid like.. we can't show you this on the web you need to use the app.

Dafuq? Hell no. I guess I'm not looking at it then. Jumped the shark, well and truly.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

I canceled my premium a few days ago, I guess if they are charging apps millions for API access, why do I need to pay for premium to help Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

I've used reddit for a decade and never once did I feel that paying for it would benefit me.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Every time I think they can't go lower, they exceed expectations.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Who the fuck cares about avatar gear and app icons?!

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Imagin paying for the privilege of generating free content for others to monetize.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I thought they were introducing something new among all this other bullshit but as soon as I saw it I realized that yeah, thats been around awhile.
As a fellow old.reddit user, none of this does me any good. My adblockers are sufficient, half the time I completely forget I have an avatar, and....i have no idea what the rest of that is. So thanks, but no.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (21 children)

I'm not paying for social media. Unless it's a donation to my server.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

I actually -was- paying for premium for over 6 years… canceled now

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What are the devs even doing at reddit, do they even do actual work? The offical app is so shit.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would have happily paid $50 p/year for Apollo. I won’t pay $0.05c for Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I opened jerboa and this was the top of my feed. I was extremely confused for much longer than I'd like to admit.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had add free browsing on RIF u mother fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I kind of understand reddits problem with that part though, if they would have allowed third party apps with Premium, or added a "premium lite" API access tier for like $2 I think this would have gone over better

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"exclusive avatar gear" I didn't even know there are avatars on Reddit. I've been using Sync for so long I never knew they added them.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not new, they add this a few years ago after changing "gilded" to multi-tier award, which cost spez-buck, which you can get from either buying it like pay2win game or get this premium, and they will give you some spez-buck each month.

What infuriate me more is they didn't have regional pricing, so reddit premium cost more than youtube premium in my country, which provide better content and all of what i subbed is OG content.

I can't find myself paying monthly for internet regurgitator.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Paying an optional subscription fee is a great idea. It helps pay for servers and personal.

Paying to give special rewards is a horrible idea. The wealthiest can now decide which opinion is best. Everyone wants to reply to the rewarded comments to be more visible for upvotes. It's terrible.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$50/yr and you get... Nothing i care about.

Avatars, coins, app icon im not interested at all. No ads isn't necessary as none ever appear on my feed. Literally zero need for premium. But but you have access to r/lounge! < Wanking gesture>

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm just shocked at how bad that offer is, 6 dollars a month just for ad free browsing? Damn. All the other "benefits" seem completely worthless to me.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Wow, it was $29.95 a year. I canceled mine the other day and deleted my accounts today. Fuck Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's so evident that they're going to pump and dump the hell out of reddit, while some unknowledgeable investors are going to be left holding the bag. every move they make is a superficial show with no teeth. they're trashing reddit while dressing it up in designer clothes. it's blaring.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's literally nothing enticing in that package.

If they wanted people to pay for API access, why not include that in premium? Though not sure that would have gone much better.

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