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minus-squareTheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoLook they’ve already cut off free API access. Here’s some other ideas from the Muskrat playbook: Maybe change the name to P.com Change the logo to ₱ (surely the Mexicans won’t mind that you’re using the Peso symbol). Hmm, why not also charge money to get a blue checkmark by your Reddit username to be a verified Redditor? or maybe call them P-ers? Oh, how about charging new users $1 to use your platform?
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThe peso symbol is $, and it was it before it ever was the dollar symbol.
minus-squareTheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoMaybe it’s somebody else’s peso? https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+20B1
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoApparently Philippines, introduced when they were an American colony and USA thought that the $ sign was to be only theirs and Spain’s.
minus-squareBubblyMango@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMore like charge money to be called a verified user without actually being verified.
Look they’ve already cut off free API access. Here’s some other ideas from the Muskrat playbook:
Maybe change the name to P.com
Change the logo to ₱ (surely the Mexicans won’t mind that you’re using the Peso symbol).
Hmm, why not also charge money to get a blue checkmark by your Reddit username to be a verified Redditor? or maybe call them P-ers?
Oh, how about charging new users $1 to use your platform?
The peso symbol is $, and it was it before it ever was the dollar symbol.
Maybe it’s somebody else’s peso?
https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+20B1
Apparently Philippines, introduced when they were an American colony and USA thought that the $ sign was to be only theirs and Spain’s.
More like charge money to be called a verified user without actually being verified.