I would have thought that most people who didn't want to use Reddit anymore have probably already stopped using it.

But yes I hope to see more bad news for Reddit such as this diminished valuation.

The story seems to be from a marketing-focused website, so it makes sense that the author is addressing advertisers, and how the events with Reddit will affect them.

Also, surely this story proves that the protests absolutely have had an effect. It's causing advertisers to think twice about spending money with Reddit. And as stated in this TechCrunch article, fewer advertisers are visiting the ad-buying part of Reddit's site.

So, the people who complained that these protests are pointless, that they won't change anything, have been proven wrong. The protests are effective. So if people want change in this situation then they should continue with MORE protests. My protest is that I'm not using Reddit.

No user of Reddit is powerless. Every single user of Reddit has the power to fuck with Reddit in whatever legal way they want, and they also they have the power to quit using Reddit.

He's right that Reddit's "aggressive posture" is what's annoyed a lot of users. When I first heard of them adding API costs, I didn't care, because I didn't use 3rd party apps. But their attitude since then is why I don't want to use Reddit now.

They could have apologised for the inconvenience caused by their changes. They could have said something like "we recognise there are users who are not happy with these changes, and we apologise for the inconvenience, but we are in a position where we have to cover our server costs, or else Reddit may not survive into the future". If they had put it like THAT then I bet most people would have understood where they're coming from.

But instead they say things like "oh it's only a small amount of users who are unhappy" and "this will blow over like all of these controversies do". Basically saying "we don't need to listen to you, fuck you, fuck your opinions, we assume you'll use Reddit anyway". AND didn't they say they would respect mods protesting by shutting their subreddits? And then they're like "no fuck you we'll just force them open".

So the impression they give off is not that they're doing these API changes out of a financial necessity to ensure Reddit can survive into the future - instead, like many users have said, it seems like they are literally just trying to milk as many profits as possible in the short-term, so they can cash in as much as possible on the IPO, and then they can quit Reddit and retire to the Caribbean.

Maybe they plan to park cars there.

Or maybe they just don't like cutting the grass. Can't blame them. I hate having to cut the grass all the time.

He'll be remembered for breaking rules yes, but he won't be remembered "as an innovator".

Reddit's response to everything over the last week or however long it has been:

"Fuck you, we don't care about you, we want to line our pockets, we literally think of users as dirt, we expect you to bow down and kiss our shoes"

The chart here shows 37,000 active users for Lemmy, and this chart here shows 45,000 active users for Kbin.

And if the recent trend continues then those numbers should grow.

I just looked at Lemmygrad.ml. The rules on that site say "be respectful".

Your attached picture shows you are not respectful at all. You are supporting Putin, a dictator, who rigs elections, and who orders assassinations of political opponents (Navalny) and former Russian intelligence agents (Skripal, Litvinenko).

And of course Putin has in no way been respectful towards Ukraine. Invading Crimea in 2014, and the larger invasion in 2022.

So, you are being disrespectful towards Ukraine, and therefore you're not embodying the stated rules and values of your Lemmygrad server.

The real Donald Trump would probably stop supplying aid to Ukraine though, and thus force Ukraine to accept the loss of some of their territory. He's said publicly that he would get the war ended as soon as possible if he was president again, and I'm sure this is the sort of end he means.

Another problem with Trump is that he implied in an interview with Tucker Carlson that the US blew up the Nord Stream pipeline. I doubt this is true. I think Russia did it. Also, Trump didn't even believe his own intelligence agencies who said that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election.

I remember when Apple was better. MacBooks were designed so that users could easily replace the battery, storage, and memory. But now, these parts are not designed to be replaced by users. The storage and memory is soldered, and the batteries are glued in.

Yes I think it's very good that the EU is pushing smartphone makers to have replaceable batteries. I hope these companies don't find a way around that.

There is of course Fairphone which has a replaceable battery, but Fairphones are a bit expensive. But I think there is a demand for this sort of thing. Look at how Framework laptops have got a lot of attention.

They might keep those users more engaged with this new app though. The Twitter format might be more successful for facilitating outrage and arguments than the Facebook format is.

And more engagement means more adverts shown and thus more revenue.