• MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh, it’s about to get far worse for reddit in short order.

    I suspect that we will be seeing some very beloved third party apps that just got bullied out of reddit, available for lemmy very soon.

    What the fuck is spez going to do, when he now has to compete against the look and feel of apps that make his app look like dogs shit? He can’t boot them from reddit again.

    • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      The Sync app author has confirmed they’re working on a Threadiverse app, and I suspect we’ll get at least one more from the reddit 3PA authors.

      There are also some nice ones shaping up from other developers already too.

      My opinion is that without proper moderation tools, the best mods will leave or just quit moderating. Slowly the site eats itself when that happens.

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      1 year ago

      These 3P app developers have millions in their audience. Millions of people who’d love nothing more than to open that app as usual on July 1st and just keep doing the same thing they did the day before.

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      1 year ago

      My favourite Reddit app, Infinity, just popped a message this morning saying as of July 1, they’re going subscription.

      While I understand, I’m not paying to use Reddit. Even if I did, my understanding is that NFSW content won’t be available, and, let’s be honest, that’s half the usefulness of Reddit.

      So, Lemmy it is! And so far, I’ve got no complaints.

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        1 year ago

        I almost feel bad for him, that’s going to be a losing battle both financially and because at this point Reddit doesn’t have very much of a future.

        Especially financially since we all know that there are going to be plenty of people who might use it without paying for it (cracked apps, while not as common as they used to be are still definitely a thing).