It's just a patch in the Manager. You may need to download the free version APK from somewhere like APKMirror and patch that though (you can also disable ads so it's like the Pro version), as there don't seem to be any Pro APKs and you can't patch an installed app without root.
Where were you when NA was kill
But I do wonder what prompted Liquid to get rid of basically their only selling point (majority NA roster)
Yes and no.
I agree with you that Discord is trash if you want to use it like Reddit. It's really only good for free-flowing discussions and things like that.
But when it comes to the basics of link aggregation and commenting, Kbin (and Lemmy) is exactly like Reddit. The only things it's missing is like 15 years' worth of UI and UX polish that Reddit has done and a lot of the content (well, and better moderation tools, but that's not really relevant for me as an end user). Those can be fixed within months or years at most if we keep going at this development speed. So I'll be staying here at least for now, and when my third party Reddit app no longer works, I'll almost stop going there. And I don't think I'm the only one.
The only negatives of Kbin/Lemmy are the whole federation aspect, where you have multiple sites that communicate with each other, which can cause chaos if these decide to defederate (= basically stop sharing content). But the more I think about it, that is where the internet is headed. Big services are and always will be in a cycle of enshittification and the only way to fix that is to build something ourselves. Federation helps a lot with that, since everyone with a server can create a community and the users can join one they like and get content from the entire network.
Good. The only way this was ever going to have an effect is if it lasted longer than two days. Even a week might not be enough.
We need to scare advertisers by the lack of content so Reddit starts losing revenue and ends up having to act (which is already starting to happen by the way).
I'm currently using a Mi Band 6 (with a nylon strap that's real comfy), but I wish the Pebble still existed. The e-paper display, the nice UI and tactile buttons, with good battery life and the ability to make apps was great.
Once my Mi Band breaks, I'm torn between Garmin (since they check almost all of the Pebble boxes, even if I don't do fitness and they're more fitness oriented) and a Galaxy Watch with the rotating bezel, since that was really cool to play with, plus the Android integration might be nicer.