When pay is basically non existent is there a reason to be on spotify? Or is it for “exposure” in hopes of finding new fans.

I uninstalled chrome. Stopped logging into YouTube. And moved to freetube on desktop. Newpipe on Android.

But it’s $1600 Apple. Not the cheapest Mac book air.

Reason I have difficulty empathizing is because I’m in the same boat as them as being a reddit user. It’s not like I’m expecting them to do something hard like a complete boycott of reddit, but just stop reddit mobile use whether its the official app or subscription options. And even provided options like rss for alerts and apps like Stealth for Android for lurking use which is a non account option where you can still get a custom feed and save posts with the only feature not being able to comment.

It’s like saying just cut down smoking during the morning. So I don’t think it’s that demanding of an ask when it isn’t even a boycott, but just saying to cut back a little.

I imagine they also weren’t even willing to quit using reddit for even a week or even a couple of days, since during the api protest I saw so many who got mad at the idea of being without reddit for even a day for even meme subs that aren’t a resource. Pretty much why they now find themselves in a situation of paying for a worse experience, since they showed reddit that their threats were empty.

When I say side with reddit it’s just that on the part of being against people using third party apps we are on the same page.

Reason is different. Reddit wants to get rid of third party apps. Me because I don’t want people to pay Reddit api access. There is no changing reddit’s mind anymore. The api protest is over. Either you are rewarding reddit with money or you aren’t.

People being so addicted they have to pay to use a mobile app instead of quitting at least on mobile, and moving to browser if they really have to doesn’t come across as some stance to me. It just comes across like people who complain about broken video game launches while being the first to pre-order.

At this point the situation is what it is because people don’t do the simple thing of quitting. All these reasoning for why they want to pay for third party access seem empty when their actions are why the third party api protest ended in failure, and the ones willing to pay are one of the bigger culprits with how they can’t stay away.

I’m saying whether people agree with the new structure or not doesn’t matter anymore, since reddit has made their decision and isn’t going to roll it back. It is what it is. Changing reddit’s mind is over.

People either pay to use the api or don’t. And my meaning of standing with reddit is that Id rather people not pay to use reddit. Just happens to be either reasoning of reddit’s being to get rid of third party apps or mine of don’t give reddit money by paying for third party apps leads to not using third party apps.

Browser use costs nothing, so that’s route I push for if having to comment while on mobile. There’s local dns or adblockers on mobile, so ads don’t matter. Whatever excuses people use to pay for third party apps it just signals to me that it’s the reason why the protest failed because they may be vocal about giving reasons for why reddit is in the wrong, but not actually able to make the decision of limiting use. They showed reddit they are loyal users even if disgruntled.

I recommend Stealth for Android. You can subscribe to subreddits and get nsfw access, and all this without an account. Only con for people might be not being able to sign it, but I don’t see not being able to comment or interact as a con with the benefit being less account based information being collected.

I’m not sure about your point either. Is it advocating for paying reddit for api usage through third party apps?

Mine was just that I wish people would stop giving in and paying to use reddit. Protest is over. It’s now either people are paying for Reddit api or they aren’t and I’d rather they didn’t.

I use that app on my iPad it has been a nice replacement for Apollo.

I just have yet to be convinced that paying to use it is a good thing regardless of reddit’s intention.

I only see the grip reddit on its users where even negative users are still dedicated to point of being willing to pay access reddit. Which is nice dedication to see for Reddit where all the vocal talk has turned out to be nothing but talk.

For once I’m with reddit (on people using third party apps but reasons are different where reddit wanted to no longer compete with third party apps, and I don’t want people giving reddit money after the end of the protest). I’d prefer third party apps be dead for good if mobile plan type subscriptions are necessary to exist (by this I mean the third party apps need subscriptions to exist because of reddit’s decision to charge for api which they aren’t going to change because people were unwilling to quit during the protest, and showed reddit they are too addicted to stay away. So now the aftermath for users is either pay or don’t, and I’d rather people not pay reddit money. Better off quitting mobile use than pay money is my stance.).

So the few hold outs now either give into using reddit app like reddit wants or go through the process of getting third party apps to work for free. Or use the website or preferably move to not contributing to reddit anymore through mobile, and just moving to lurker status through rss or accountless apps like Stealth for Android.

There’s great lemmy apps too like Connect for Lemmy which has become my favorite. Handles multiple instances well and good filtering settings.

I hope the people who are willing to pay a monthly subscription on reddit are a very miniscule portion of the user base.

I feel safer with F-droid.

I stopped after season 2 and choose to only remember the first season, since ending to season 1 is a pretty satisfying wrap up the series. Season 1 is a fantastic standalone mini series.

Old habits die hard from reddit of coming for the comments than the article.

Yeah, it is interesting that with the exception of GPUs, PC parts like SSDs, hard drives, CPUs, and so on actually have felt like they haven’t increased in price in comparison to phones. If anything prices have dropped and capacities increased and speeds gotten faster for SSDs for example. Same with televisions and monitors where stuff like resolution and hz has seen improvements while being cheaper than in the past.

Game industry is bigger than movies and music combined which was not the case back in the NES era. Game industry has become a juggernaut with a huge consumer target base, and lower barrier to entry that allows for even random people being able to publish games instead of a few larger companies. Rise in production costs has been one that has been self imposed the way some studios go for big special effects blockbusters because they are targeting billions. Meanwhile like with movies you get these indie 2D and last gen 3D looking games being hits right alongside these billion dollar company attempts.

I guess one area you can look at is how niche products get priced lower like mechanical keyboards, and then once productions starts ramping up and things go mainstream suddenly these niche expensive ventures with a few fans becomes more affordable as larger quantities are now being distributed.

You same thing with tech like SSDs and hard drives actually falling price over time while capacities offered grows. Lot of PC parts actually with the exception of GPUs.

Because famous figures or organizations are the primary draw for the mainstream audience over random users. And many use it because they themselves hope to use the huge platform to promote or try to become an influencer.