If I could access Reddit and free via my own 3rd party app with no restrictions based on some monthly or yearly fee, I probably would pay that.
Reddit had issues which the fediverse solves. The fediverse has issues that Reddit solves.
Now that I am here tho, I wouldn’t go back
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OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Just to add my thoughts, it was not closing free API that made me stop using Reddit. It was their management response / actions / not providing a viable API thus killing 3rd party apps. If management would have changed I would probably go back.
towerful@programming.dev 2 months ago
Sabata11792@ani.social 2 months ago
It’s the straw that broke the camels back. They been fucking users over for years before they did the API change.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yup, I had been looking for alternatives for years, but none seemed “ready.” When the API change was announced, my definition of “ready” suddenly changed and I came to Lemmy. It’s good enough, but I’ll bail as soon as something better comes along.
Sabata11792@ani.social 2 months ago
I been quite cozy on Lemmy, it would really have to go down hill for me to find a replacement.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think it’s fine, but the emotional downvotes really bother me (i.e. people seem to prefer consensus over quality of discuss, just look at any post criticizing Biden). That’s not different from Reddit, it’s just not better.
But there’s plenty of good discussion, so I’m happy for the time being. But I’m not really loyal to lemmy and don’t see much point in the fediverse/activitypub, so the only thing holding me here is the lack of a better alternative.
far_university1990@feddit.de 2 months ago
How they treated apollo dev was fucking disgusting.
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