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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by McDyver on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:35AM (#36327539)
Reddit is using the same approach as Apollo: basing their business on a free resource.

For Apollo it was the api (for which they were willing to pay if the price was fair)

For Reddit is free labour and content, which they still want for free

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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by elpocko on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:26PM (#36332096)
Not for free. They want you to pay for it by having a premium account or whatever they're doing.

They want you to submit content, moderate the content, rate the content, consume the content, censor the content, filter the content that doesn't make money. And on top of that, you have to pay them for an optimal experience.

And so many people are actually doing it. I honestly don't get it. What the fuck?

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