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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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First Twitter, then reddit, to massive social platforms apparently trying to shoot themselves in the foot at every available opportunity. Never was a Twitter user, but sad to see reddit is likely in a slow death spiral.
The word you're looking for is enshittification and it's an inevitable when software has to be infinitely more profitable to appease greedy shareholders. See also streaming services.
Nothing sad about it. Those fuckers banned me for being harassed by New Atheist Transphobic Edgelords