I’m not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium

I’m not sure if this is well-known or not that they’re pushing it now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, especially on old.reddit.

  • SeeJayEmm@lemmy.oneEnglish
    34·
    2 years ago

    Same here. If they’d have just framed it differently and put the onus of paying for api access on the users (at a modest fee), almost none of the backlash would have happened.

    Then I’d still be oblivious.

    I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation. I like the ideals of the fediverse and want it to succeed.

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      Then I’d still be oblivious.

      I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation. I like the ideals of the fediverse and want it to succeed.

      Exactly, this is better overall I think, at least when it comes to the health of the internet as a whole.

      • Papa_Samu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        2 years ago

        I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation.

        Same here.

        I remember when individual website forums were the absolute best way to find answers and connect with people of like-minded interests. The system wasn’t perfect but it at least meant that problems from one forum/community would not spill over into another.

        Reddit then came along and basically became the forum of forums and replaced a lot of those communities. Having all those communities in a single place did have some benefits. One for example is that it allowed obscure communities to form by the single fact that there were so many communities all gathered in a single place. Unfortunately we all know what happened there.

        I’m really hoping the fediverse suceeds and helps us retain a lot of the benefit of a place like Reddit while at the same time shielding the community from a single entity/person exerting control over everything.

        • Eheran@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          I have seen the same issiue with individual, niche forums: going down because of one person. It was just a matter of time for that to happen with a bigger site.