Reddit Joins Twitter In Squeezing Devs With Unreasonable Fees

[winb83]

Reddit is just like Twitter. It's a popular site that has difficulty monetizing its users. Its existance is notable but all these people bytching and moaning about these tactics the CEO is doing to attempt to get it to profitability aren't willing to pay for the site.

None of this really matters because if and when Reddit goes public they'll have to crack down on all the unsuitable content that's acceptable right now and it will cease to be the site people know today.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Reddit is just like Twitter. It's a popular site that has difficulty monetizing its users. Its existance is notable but all these people bytching and moaning about these tactics the CEO is doing to attempt to get it to profitability aren't willing to pay for the site.

None of this really matters because if and when Reddit goes public they'll have to crack down on all the unsuitable content that's acceptable right now and it will cease to be the site people know today.

I'm saying
Rely on big companies for community and then complain when they do what they want

 

[Liu Kang]

Reddit is just like Twitter. It's a popular site that has difficulty monetizing its users. Its existance is notable but all these people bytching and moaning about these tactics the CEO is doing to attempt to get it to profitability aren't willing to pay for the site.

None of this really matters because if and when Reddit goes public they'll have to crack down on all the unsuitable content that's acceptable right now and it will cease to be the site people know today.

Granted it's just android app downloads and doesn't show app usage but 3rd party app users are definitely a fraction of the official app users. On Android that would make 9% of the total downloads.

There's no way that amount of users not being on the official app makes a dent big enough in Reddit revenue that they need kill those 3rd party apps.

And there were other solutions as well : they could have asked for a cut of their revenue, a more reasonable fee per request, not allowing porn on 3rd party apps and so on. Which would have been more honest than willingly pricing those apps out, which is what it is.

 

[winb83]

Granted it's just android app downloads and doesn't show app usage but 3rd party app users are definitely a fraction of the official app users. On Android that would make 9% of the total downloads.

There's no way that amount of users not being on the official app makes a dent big enough in Reddit revenue that they need kill those 3rd party apps.

And there were other solutions as well : they could have asked for a cut of their revenue, a more reasonable fee per request, not allowing porn on 3rd party apps and so on. Which would have been more honest than willingly pricing those apps out, which is what it is.

There probably were better solutions however they aren't making any profits. Them wanting to remove companies competing against their ability to make money on their own platform makes sense even if it's foul.

They have a site people only really want to use for free. Sucks for them because at the same time its so popular its still burning money.

 

[bnew]

Rod Hilton (@rodhilton@mastodon.social)

I can't even wrap my head around this. Days ago the discussion on /r/piracy was about if it was worth continuing to protest, knowing that reddit likely hated the community and would actually prefer if a piracy-focused community left. And now they are forcing other mods into control to force it...

mastodon.social

https://archive.is/iiE5q

lemmy instance for r/piracy community

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ - Divisions by zero

##### ⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements. — ### Rules • Full Version [https://rentry.co/piracy-rules] 1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy 2. Don’t request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote 3. Don’t...

lemmy.dbzer0.com

or the federated kbin.social link

piracy - kbin.social

##### ⚓ Ahoy, Me Hearties! Is this the pirate life you imagined? In exchange for treasures and eternal renown, I promise you a life full of thrills and adventures - ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ...

kbin.social

 

[Macallik86]

On a (very) related note, kbin > lemmy.

Try em both but kbin feels more modern and loaded much faster for me w/o issues (could've been the lemmy instance I chose admittedly)

 

[bnew]

On a (very) related note, kbin > lemmy.

Try em both but kbin feels more modern and loaded much faster for me w/o issues (could've been the lemmy instance I chose admittedly)

hopefully developers of archival apps, sites and scripts support lemmy /kbin instances.

 

[bnew]

@Macallik86 this site lists a bunch of communities across multiple lemmy instances.

Lemmy Community-Browser

a community-browser for the lemmy network

browse.feddit.de

 

[Macallik86]

@Macallik86 this site lists a bunch of communities across multiple lemmy instances.

Lemmy Community-Browser

a community-browser for the lemmy network

browse.feddit.de

Thanks. Been using for ~3 weeks now so I've got down the basics but that's a great resource for people making the plunge!

 

[Wargames]

Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps | TechCrunch

In interviews with multiple publications, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended business decisions made by the company.

techcrunch.com

snippet:

Moderators are now slowly turning this into a labor protest. Spez spazzed out and fukked himself

 

[Wargames]

Reddit is just like Twitter. It's a popular site that has difficulty monetizing its users. Its existance is notable but all these people bytching and moaning about these tactics the CEO is doing to attempt to get it to profitability aren't willing to pay for the site.

None of this really matters because if and when Reddit goes public they'll have to crack down on all the unsuitable content that's acceptable right now and it will cease to be the site people know today.

Bro I paid for Apollo. It was worth it. Ad free, you can download video like TikTok, a clean interface, and they wasn’t tracking me to sell my data to a 3rd party.



fukk I look like using a lesser service in every way. I’m not fukking with Reddit outside of a computer browser because using my browser I can emulate the experience Apollo gave. If Apollo’s creator moves to Lemmy, you’ll find me there.

 

[winb83]

Bro I paid for Apollo. It was worth it. Ad free, you can download video like TikTok, a clean interface, and they wasn’t tracking me to sell my data to a 3rd party.



fukk I look like using a lesser service in every way. I’m not fukking with Reddit outside of a computer browser because using my browser I can emulate the experience Apollo gave. If Apollo’s creator moves to Lemmy, you’ll find me there.

Ad free means it damages Reddit's continued existence. It isn't really contributing to the site staying afloat if it's circumventing it's ads. Totally understandable why Reddit's CEO would want it gone.

 

[Wargames]

Ad free means it damages Reddit's continued existence. It isn't really contributing to the site staying afloat if it's circumventing it's ads. Totally understandable why Reddit's CEO would want it gone.

Bro even if they added ads Apollo was way better and I would still pay for it.

The fukk I look like accepting lesser services for my internet time? I can go outside or even better just surf elsewhere for free and no cookies/trackers. I don’t get anyone who supports corporate interest like it’s their own either.

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

Reddit is gonna die a slow death, it seems to always happen whenever the owners of a popular site looks to monetize. Time to up my discord game then.

 

[winb83]

Bro even if they added ads Apollo was way better and I would still pay for it.

The fukk I look like accepting lesser services for my internet time? I can go outside or even better just surf elsewhere for free and no cookies/trackers. I don’t get anyone who supports corporate interest like it’s their own either.

The point is for that company and site to continue to exist it needs to turn a profit. They have a surplus of users who use the site but aren't really actively contributing to it's continued existence complaining about moves the site makes to try and get to profitability.