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cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/32518

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[-] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Lol. "Town Square". Hah.

Honestly, thank you, Elon. Now I'm not even tempted to visit that toxic hellscape echo chamber of awful shit.

Bastard somehow did something that'll probably have a more positive effect on my mental health.

This is a net positive (for me), but it's still fucking dumb, and his fault. "Too many sites were scraping us :(" Yeah, dude, that's what happens when you pull the "API is only for the wealthy now" nonsense.

I swear, this could be prescient, actually. Could easily see Huffman pulling this shit within the next few weeks. (Lol, I wouldn't put it past him to do it tomorrow.)

The advertisers must love this.

[-] NotSteve_@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He kind of already has implemented something like this. If you ever try and load a mobile reddit thread in your browser, you're greeted with a download the app-wall like 50% or more of the time.

it's better in the app

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago
[-] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, probably should have specified. My bad.

Steve Huffman. You may know him as /u/spez on reddit.

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