I would have been willing to pay a bit in order to keep BaconReader. I am very cognizant that I am avoiding ads, and would pay to keep it that way. But I won't pay an excessive amount.

Steve is not giving me the option. He wants to price the apps out of existence, because he sees them as competition. Which is weird, because the only purpose of those apps is to drive content to Reddit. And their users paid extra to the app developer because they prefer it. Does he not want my content?

[–] orcinus@infosec.exchange 6 points 1 year ago

@dhork @Contextual_Idiot He wants eyeballs on ads, not content. Like most VC techbros, he thinks content is the easy part of the equation, and people creating content are an easily replacable nuisance.

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think spez cares about what kind of content gets posted, as long as something is getting posted. As evidenced by the glacial response to dealing with problem subreddits. This is also why he's going to force the subs to reopen at all costs. He needs those posts being made, and he needs the users and lurkers to view those posts for the ad revenue. It's also what will allow Reddit's competition to eat spez's lunch. Quantity is easy these days. But users will follow the quality.