I have been using reddit for about 5 years and have always used the Infinity 3rd party app. I liked it because I didn't have to have an account and it wasn't as buggy. It will be a shame if it has to be discontinued.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2023
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When are they trying to IPO and cash out? A better way to avoid the backlash would have been to just slowly increase the API fees until all the third party apps were priced out. Then there wouldn't be a hard event to rage about, just mild grumblings while one by one each app says they can't afford this particular price hike.
A better way to avoid the backlash would have been to just slowly increase the API fees until all the third party apps were priced out.
I think that it's what they tried to do, but the decision makers are so disconnected from the platform and its community that they thought that the starting prices were reasonable. (They aren't.)
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Apparently, the substance and quality of thought Redditors post may be a disposable commodity. That is eyeballs on ads may be secondary to our function as generators of natural language as grist for training artificial intelligence—with third-party apps a civilian casualty in a bigger war for the almighty dollar.
Part of the motivation for Reddit’s plan involves the surging popularity of artificial intelligence.
Large language models such as ChatGPT are developed using training data, which in many cases is sourced from content found across the internet. Reddit should not be expected to provide that data to “some of the largest companies in the world for free,” CEO Steve Huffman told the New York Times in a recent interview.
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I've been testing lemmy and it's been working great so far. It only requires some fixes and influx of users.
I have more posts than I know what to do with. I have subscribed to a lot of communities from a lot of different instances so it's a lot of activity.
I recommend everyone to do this and then later turn off some if it becomes too much. But being able to see most of the posts and contribute there will help Lemmy take off. :)
Honestly, I appreciate the protests, but this whole kerfuffle got me to realize how much I... don't like reddit anymore? There are certain communities that I'll stick around for (shoutout to /r/BravoRealHousewives), but I've already set up an RSS server for news and I'm probably going to unsub from a LOT of the more general ones. Too many bots, too much negativity, etc.
So far, Lemmy > Reddit. Was able to easily find equivalent communities and honestly, I enjoy it. :)
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