Saving some money short term, losing a whole bunch long term.

Same reason moms play solitaire on their phones. Just something they know to pass the time, no need for anything fancy or new.

Well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/discord-starts-down-the-dangerous-road-of-ads-this-week/

Edit: it’s more loot box stuff… but it’s step one

Hmm you might be right. And if 2016 has taught us anything: it might work.

What a kamikaze of a defense…

Yet

It’s actually optimized for them. The goal is to get users to spend time and see ads etc. The UI is not made for us users.

Devils advocate here: it’s their webservice right? They determine who can access it.

If there were legislation that would force them to make it interoperable that would be one thing. But you can’t just demand access to their infrastructure.

So it must be worth a lot of money to force al of that stuff on users right?

Just go away with these “both sides” dogwhistles.

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Just put in a modern chip to start with if the hardware will be the same for 7-8 years

Which… I’m now starting to realize is fine. It’s just not for me anymore.

He could be if he wanted out anyway, and just wants that sack of cash.

Yeah I left Reddit not because it was dying but because it started to change into something that wasn’t for me. It has always changed, but the third party app thing made me realize it was time to move on.

I don’t care what reddits owners do with the platform, I’m just glad to be here now.

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