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1. Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 03:55:39 JST Parker Banks
   Am I missing anything about the whole Reddit freakout?
   The company isn't profitable, third-party applications make profit off free API requests, while costing Reddit money and losing them revenue. Redditors cry over it because stuff isn't magically free. The end.
   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 03:55:39 JST Token

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     @parker They shouldn't have started hosting videos and images on locally if they couldn't afford it.
   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:04:39 JST Parker Banks

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     @coin Using some other company to host images/video is just offsetting the costs to that company and in the end still has to be paid for by users somewhere.
   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:04:39 JST Token

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     @parker Reddit could have went about this differently too, instead of being angry that 3rd party app is much better than the 1st party app.
     I won't shed any tears, though. Glad I don't use that site.
   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:05:06 JST Parker Banks

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     @coin Also as much as I dislike Reddit, it's better having content controlled by multiple organizations, rather than giving YouTube a total monopoly.
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   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:06:52 JST Token

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     @parker I'm seeing a slow trend with big bursts of people moving to federated services. Hopefully it sticks that way.
   • :blank: (i@declin.eu)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:07:26 JST :blank:

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     @parker @coin and people did it, imgur was just that
     
     you could whip up the datahoarders to create up a reddit @ home, and they'd do it
     
     but you're right, it's too late for any good faith effort, it wants an ipo, enshittification and cloud bills is what it deserves
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   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:10:20 JST Parker Banks

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     @coin I don't use it either, but given how Redditors are, Reddit BTFOing Redditors is good.
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   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:16 JST Token

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     • Santa Noodle ☦️
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     @parker @blaaablaaaa @BowsacNoodle There's also the kbin software.
   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:17 JST Parker Banks

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     • Santa Noodle ☦️
     • blaaablaaaa
     @blaaablaaaa @coin @BowsacNoodle Federated Reddit alternative. See join-lemmy.org
   • Santa Noodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:18 JST Santa Noodle ☦️

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     @parker @coin I'm not familiar with this but I saw people mention it a few times. Is it fediverse redditors?
   • blaaablaaaa (blaaablaaaa@hermit.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:18 JST blaaablaaaa

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     What is a lemmy instance?
   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:19 JST Parker Banks

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     • Santa Noodle ☦️
     @BowsacNoodle @coin At the very least, the new Lemmy instances are pretty block-heavy.
   • Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:20 JST Parker Banks

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     @coin I'm glad for it too, hopefully they keep shitting everything up. Except that I don't want Redditors on the fediverse, so I hope they stay on Reddit and get all their demand met there.
   • Santa Noodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:53:20 JST Santa Noodle ☦️

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     @parker @coin It's cool that it's a containment zone, but I hope it's a slow collapse so there's at least alternative funnels for them to go to. I don't want them pooping all over the next area like the locust creatures they are.