Yep. Would have gladly paid $10 a month for Gold had it included API access for RiF (only fair, since I’m skipping the ads).
But noooooooo. Reddit didn’t want my money, evidently. So, after 11 years of a VERY active account (made or commented on 10-15k posts over that time), I deleted and left.
It’s fine. Lemmy stretches that itch to “scroll” something. And I can use whatever damn app I want.
GIF was ancient in the YTMND.com days. And nowadays, YTMND is like two decades old. Back when my life had hope.
Elon Musk does fascist things.
But that doesn’t mean every bad thing Elon Musk does is fascist. Sometimes it’s just greedy. Or stupid.
Don’t forget the “Jesus fish” on their logo.
I’m from out west, so it was a very foreign concept for me when I visited my sister in Arkansas and saw a lot of “Christian Family Auto” type places with Jesus swag trying to win over business.
Can’t eliminate the “I’ll just do without” competition.
Like, when I got rid of Netflix… I didn’t sign up for an additional new service. I just watch YouTube.
When I stopped using Facebook so much, I didn’t go to another service – I just didn’t use social media as much.
To be fair, I was quoting a famous line from the show Arrested Development.
That actually sounds pretty good. Especially on a sausage pizza.
Road Guy Rob talks about how highway engineering works in a fun, highly animated way:
Here’s one about a bike lane disaster – where the city screwed up and undid it after a week:
NYT don’t do “paid” stories.
However, the journalism is superficial (lazy) and seems to skim across the surface. This was written by someone who doesn’t understand the tech – so they interviewed someone pro (Spez) and someone con (the super mod) – did some ping pong with quotes and TADA! An article!
And if it got really spammy, we can just block that instance.
I know. Like why can’t “we have enough revenue to operate the business” be good enough?
It’s either go big and go broke for these clowns.
Late to the party, but lately I’ve been addicted to microwavable broccoli florets (just the leafy part, not the stalks) covered in sharp cheddar cheese.
My brain has learned to think it’s cheese fries. But it’s broccoli.
What could it possibly cost? Ten dollars?
Never bet against inertia. However…
I don’t have to be on reddit.
Inertia doesn’t last forever. And there’s a lot of friction.
Money = good things cost money to make
I hope the developer offers a way to pay to help out (like RiF having “golden platinum”)
Honestly if reddit had come, cap in hand, and says “Hey what can we do to be awesome so you’ll buy premium”
And then listened to our advice? I’d have bought premium to help em out.
Instead, they are acting genuinely insane. Like back when my brother was on cocaine and Adderall and would try to hit me up for money.
Reddit can die.
But the good news is, tech is a highly disruptable industry. Barrier to entry is accessible for regular people.
And that’s why we’re here.
Reddit doesn’t die because we left. They die in a few years when the Fediverse just works better than Reddit. And we fund that.
Speaking of, how do I kick in a few bucks to help out various Lemmy servers? Anyone know?
That’s fine. We make a new place.
That’s the beauty of the internet (and similarly, America). We just find a space to talk.
I realized today that maybe all I need is something to scroll and some comments to read.
Sunday, this place felt dead. But each day the traffic seems to pick up and I miss Reddit less and less.
In a few weeks, I won’t miss Reddit at all (at this pace)
Now we can doomscroll Lemmy!