YouTube disallowing adblockers, Reddit charging for API usage, Twitter blocking non-registered users. These events happen almost at the same time. Is this one of the effects of the tech bubble burst?

  • MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I wish we lived in a society where not everything needed to be profitable. People deserve treats and sucks to have things that made our lives better go awake because shareholders demand money

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Whether we like the ongoing enshittification of Reddit or not, I think it’s fair that shareholders expect a return on their investment and they have the right to pressure spez to seek aggressive monetization of the platform.

      That problem wouldn’t have existed if Reddit was a non-profit though, like the Wikimedia Foundation.