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Reddit should be free to implement whatever policy it wants to do as long as it is legal. If people can make full fledged client apps that rake in millions of
by moomoo11 3y ago
Reddit should be free to implement whatever policy it wants to do as long as it is legal.
If people can make full fledged client apps that rake in millions of dollars that need corporate structures around it, they can certainly take that pull and build communities that offer Reddit like experience (I mean, you have the UI built already right?) without the Reddit like bullshit.
So what if reddit decides its data is valuable to itself and it doesn't want to share it on your terms?
Maybe you can capitalize on your position as it is right now and strategize your way around it.
- moojd 3y ago> Reddit should be free to implement whatever policy it wants to do as long as it is legal Yeah but that isn't the argument. Just because someone has the right to do something doesn't mean you can't criticize it or, in your own words, capitalize on your position as it is right now to hopefully persuade a change of direction. I don't have a dog in this fight but I dislike when the legality of something is used to dismiss criticism.
- moomoo11 3y agoCriticize it, sure. But when you have millions of people potentially riled up, the cards are in your hand. Or at least, you have a decent hand. Nobody really "likes" reddit. They tolerate it. I don't care about reddit the corporation. I like the user generated content there. Since reddit sucks and does things like gatekeep people from viewing their site without mobile app, and other annoying things like that, these app developers should just try to turn those users onto a new reddit-like platform. I would love to see reddit shaken up from its position as a place for people to have discussions on topics where the comments can be on a wide spectrum. It used to be fun, and it can be again. But it needs a Napoleon.
- George83728 3y ago"He cleared the subreddits with a whiff of grapeshot."
- tomjen3 3y agoMS had an anti-trust suit against them for just bundling IE with Windows. I would love to see a general rule that it is against anti trust rules to favour your own client.