[hayst4ck]

You're thinking about in terms of reddit vs 3rd party apps.

Instead think of it as a labor movement where reddit are the owners and mods/posters are the laborers, and the 3rd party app creators are the union leaders.

This isn't about reddit trying to kill 3rd party apps. This is about the enshitification of one of the few "free speech" platforms left on the internet: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

It's actually pretty astounding that reddit has not brought the hammer down, but when that happens, that's when we'll know it's over and the investors have won the short game (maybe at the cost of everything).

Reddit used their power unilaterally and said "what are you gonna do about it?" I really can't remember the last time (with the exception of ukraine) where a powerful entity said "what are you gonna do about it" and then they "found out."

[prepend]

This makes me even more disinterested.

I’m more of a “robots will replace us all” than a “labor will finally organize to wield power over management.”

So while I feel empathy for Taco Bell employees striking for higher pay, as I would like them to live better lives, I consider it moot because soon there will just be burrito machines.

[treis]

>Instead think of it as a labor movement where reddit are the owners and mods/posters are the laborers

More like Reddit is the inner party, mods are the outer party, and the posters are the proles.