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Re:Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit co... by orangepurple on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:14AM (#36259054)
> Supply and demand my friends. If you delete the supply, there’s no demand.

Not quite. Demand is independent of supply.

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Re:Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit co... by some_random on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:17AM (#36259118)
I think they mean demand for reddit, which I don't think is the typical usage of the word but still makes sense to me
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Re:Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit co... by 411111111111111 on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:17PM (#36260101)
The demand for information and entertainment is independent from Reddit supplying it, yes. But if everyone used shreddid, this demand could no longer be fulfilled on the Reddit platform, thus the demand for Reddit would cease.
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