this post was submitted on 31 May 2023
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Absolutely insane that they're tanking their 3rd party apps like this. Their 1st party apps is so bad. Big shout out to the (mods? Admin? Owners?) Of beehaw for being being on their game for accepting new users like me quickly today.
Oh look yet another new user! I'm also surprised on how fast I was accepted today.
On-topic: the sad part is that it's a sensible move for their goals (profit maximisation). It's simply cheaper to get rid of better competitors than make your own software better.
Can't maximize profits if enough people jump ship. I dunno if that'll happen though, if this ends up being a Digg moment for the larger Reddit community.
I hope that this becomes a Digg moment, but I don't think that it will - odds are that they already predicted that some users will leave, and the amount of users leaving will be still small enough to make the move profitable.