@christianselig this might be naive. But maybe this is an opportunity to build a federated form of #reddit ? Mastodon is great but lacks the inherent UX Reddit provides (clearly defined sub-communities, user-follows-community, posts with cleanly organized comment threads, up/downvotes, a user-tailored feed, etc)
It’s something I’ve been thinking about for awhile.
#Reddit is turning into the next #twitter by announcing outrages pricing for 3rd party apps. I never ever want to use their native app full of ads. What is the answer of the #fediverse to this?
It's really sad since #ApolloApp is so amazing - maybe my favorite app for its UX.
I understand it from Reddit's profit perspective. Facebook's average revenue per user is ~$23/mo in the US/Canada. Snap is making ~$2.75/mo in North Am, Central Am, and the Caribbean. Pinterest is making $2/mo in US/Can.
Christian Selig (author of Apollo) notes Reddit is looking for ~$2.50/mo/user for API calls. It seems like Reddit wants the ARPU it thinks it should be getting (despite Reddit's ARPU being rumored to be the lowest of the social apps). With Apollo being an iOS-only app, its user base is often what advertisers often pay more for.
I agree with people that there's a strong possibility this could backfire and it's sad to see another platform go this way. I guess that's what makes #fediverse feel special - no one person or company can pull the rug out from under us.
Never really cared much for #Reddit but I always thought they were the good guys... It's kind of harsh to see what they're doing with the whole #API#pricing thing. 😳
Third party apps were what got me into Twitter and third party apps are what make me enjoy Mastodon.
I'm legit sad about the news out of #Reddit surrounding their API pricing. @christianselig has built the only interface for Reddit that a lot of users will ever willingly use. I hope a fedi alternative (I’ve seen posts about #lemmy, need to check it out) can scale up fast enough, the way Mastodon did, to fill that void for folks.
Tweetbot was the one way I could enjoy reading the Twitter timeline. Without it, my Twitter use is reduced to occasional glances at individual profiles.
#Apollo and old.reddit.com are enjoyable ways to use #Reddit. The latter’s days are presumably numbered, and the former soon won’t be able to afford paying for the API.
The app is awful, and the new website is worse than the old one.
It's OK for #Twitter and #Reddit to paywall their API. It's their service. It's OK for #Discord to forbid the use of third party clients. It's their platform. The only people we should blame are the ones who are complaining about it while still using those services and platforms. There are more than enough alternatives like #Mastodon, #Matrix, #Signal, #Pixelfed... Stop whining and sucking the 🍆 of these nightmare companies, and make the switch. It's not that hard.
I called someone an idiot, who was rightfully an idiot (on the /r/idiotsincars). And got reported and permanently suspended.
Oh well. 1 alt out of like 22 right now used up. Maybe I'll just end up trolling and blasting the rest of my alts out, cause this no-justification banning crap is way out of hand.