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Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by jjoonathan on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:05PM (#36342542)
Ugh. Discord makes api-fee-reddit look positively wall-free by comparison.
Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by aluminussoma on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:11PM (#36342658)
Because they respect your privacy and don't feel the need to plaster your comment in every search engine?
Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by pseudalopex on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:18PM (#36342794)
Requiring my phone number does not respect my privacy. Reddit users can create as many identities as they wish.
Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by micromacrofoot on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:54PM (#36343368)
oh wow are we now in the "finding information is bad actually" phase of the internet?
Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by ninth_ant on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:37PM (#36343983)
Mastodon believes this and willfully denies search functionality. Tech built to search Mastodon (https://fedsearch.io/) was aggressively decried as violating privacy and such.

So yes, there is certainly at least a vocal subset of people who believe that "finding information is bad actually" and deliberately building tech along those lines.