what I take from this, though, is that even with the anger against Reddit, there’s no talk of leaving in the comments on that post!

you hate the site and all of their changes so much and it’s only been getting worse… why do you stay? even the content is already worse, and even worse on the subs that have the new Reddit tipping system… why stay?

#reddit #lemmy #fediverse #kbin

Wow, Reddit is not joking around when it comes speedrunning enshittification. I think it’s going to be very tough for other platforms to match these moves.

Glad I left when the protest started.

It's the equivalent of a crack dealer at this point.

At first they got people hooked with cheap drugs that worked and got you an easy high.

But now you need more and the dealer knows you're desperate ... so they increase the price, give you a cheaper product and string you along because they know no matter what they do, you'll keep coming back for more.

They'll start whoring you around and selling your body like trash and you won't like it but if it means getting your next fix, you'll do anything.

My subscription was going to renew on July 3rd, but I let it expire. That seems like a wiser decision every day.

I can see why they’d want to streamline the award system, since it is a bit messy, but they’re getting rid of something that made Reddit unique and that people seemed to like, for…what, exactly?

Ad Revenue. Someone paying for Reddit Premium gets an ad free experience which is fine but someone who gets gifted Gold also gets an ad free experience. They need as many people as possible to see ads so free loaders have to go...which means so do the coins.

I fully expect that within a year Reddit will start doing what many streaming services are where the lowest tier is free but ad supported, then there's a paid "limited ad" tier, followed by an even more expensive "No Ads" tier. The current Reddit Premium program will transition to that mid-tier category and they'll add "Reddit Ultimate" or some BS as the new Ad Free option. It'll probably cost $10 a month too.

Wow... Did someone tell Reddit that April Fools was in July or something? It's this close to being a bad joke.

I don't understand. Don't they like money? I like money!

Not a surprise Redditors hate losing coins.

Reddit still has users? I thought I was all chatbots?

Not that I even use Reddit anymore, but when I did I used Apollo and I had awards disabled. Honestly they don’t bring anything to the discussion and certainly not since they introduced a hundred new awards that were free.