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Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

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[-] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 69 points 1 year ago
[-] RetroEvolute@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, it seems what Reddit has been doing lately is far worse than anything Digg ever did. 🤷‍♂️ Digg basically just made a bunch of bad design decisions primarily but not entirely to please investors, and the majority of changes were not welcomed by the community.

Reddit is straight up disrespecting their userbase and telling them to suck a fat one and deal with it, holding to their miserable decisions while openly suggesting their userbase is too weak to go anywhere else... And also doing so primarily to please misguided investors.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I feel like Splez is dramatically overestimating his position. Pretty wild to tell your most dedicated users to basically fuck off.

[-] floral_toxicity@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yup. I was a user (different username) since 2008. I haven't been back since June 12. I used Reddit daily. Even on vacation. Even on vacation in Europe when I'd be connected to Wi-Fi.

See ya.

[-] bpm@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I was also there since 2008, and was a heavy user. I've checked in a few times in the past month (a lot of my more niche communities haven't moved over yet), but I don't comment or interact anymore. Once Relay dies it's off my phone (it's already lost the homescreen shortcut), and if old.reddit dies I'm done forever.

[-] VirtualDriver895@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Same, and also an OG Reddit user. My Reddit use has probably went down at least 75% since Apollo stopped functioning. The official app UI is so bad that it’s not even worth me scrolling through all the ads or fighting the horrible layout to try and find the stuff I’m looking for.

I now only check the desktop site maybe once a day. And funnily enough most of my favorite subs have been dead since before July 1st anyway. I would love to see Reddits metrics because there’s no way they haven’t felt this dropoff, even if most of the TikTok crowd continues to consoom the big meme subreddits.

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