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Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (25 children)

We should direct everyone on Reddit to Lemmy. Then, (this is copy pasted, I'm not a bot) add an option to the third party apps for Lemmy so you can opt in to ads that support your instance and the platform. Force me to use your bullshit app so you can make more money? Fuck you. I came here from Reddit. But I'd opt in to ads to support something that is clearly better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Why can't we just pay them with money? I block every ad I can, because everything is better without ads.

If there is no option for paying outside of using me as a datapoint, I'm going to be a freeloader.

Also, respectfully to all those here gathered, fuck reddit. It's over. It doesn't love us and never did.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is what fucks me off so bad. Tell me what I'm worth as a datapoint, and if I want to pay that directly to be left the fuck alone I should be able to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So much this. I suspect there’s an issue around opt out making the platforms less appealing to advertisers. The people with disposable income to spend opting out of ads, might be exactly the ones advertisers want to reach.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That, actually, makes sense, it never crossed my mind.

More than that, it is trackers on which, probably, no one knows how much is worth.

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