Reddit is making a major change to how users access the platform - Dexerto
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Reddit is preparing to make a major change to how people access the platform, with plans to move toward a primarily logged-in experience.
  • Furbag@pawb.socialEnglish
    92·
    7 days ago

    I guess I kind of understand why companies want you to be logged in to engage with their platform, as the user metrics are the main selling point to advertisers, but man do I really fucking hate it when a platform forces me to log in by preventing me from using their website. So much so, that I haven’t made an account on Instagram or X or Facebook or whatever dumb social media platform specifically because I can’t browse without signing up. Well, that, and also the greed, the lack of privacy, the tacit endorsement of fascism, et. cetera.

    No, I don’t want to make an account.

    No, I don’t want to download your app.

    No, I don’t want to turn on notifications.

    Gah, fuck off with all this horseshit. The internet used to be fun. Now everything is a chore and nobody does anything unless they feel like they can make a profit off of it.

  • abc@suppo.fiEnglish
    841·
    7 days ago

    I remain utterly discombobulated that 90% of redditors haven’t already migrated here. What exactly are they waiting for? Lemmy clearly is more than good enough already.

  • Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    It’s quite a shame that the vast majority would rather stay on a platform that hates its users than come here, but I guess that’s how humanity works

  • sicktriple@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    34·
    6 days ago

    it might as well have been already, if you use a VPN you’re surely accustomed to the Fedora Teletubby

    It’s a shame because it’s genuinely a useful repository of information. I wish infinite humiliation and discomfort upon Reddit’s leadership.