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The problem with having so few big sites is many of them can make absolutely terrible decisions that no one likes and there won't be any pushback that matters because there's no viable alternative
Discord with usernames, Reddit with its API, Twitch with is crackdown on ads...
Discord with usernames, Reddit with its API, Twitch with is crackdown on ads...
It's like anything YouTube does. They can ban half its videos tomorrow for some vague reason and what'll happen is people will get mad... and continue with YouTube because there's no real alternative. It's like they're going "What are you gonna do, go to DailyMotion? Pfft."
And the big problem is they're kinda right, too.
These sites are big for a reason and that means that they have more resources to keep themselves in that upper echelon while making obscene decisions that benefit literally no one aside from making things easier for themselves.
These sites are big for a reason and that means that they have more resources to keep themselves in that upper echelon while making obscene decisions that benefit literally no one aside from making things easier for themselves.
I'm seeing "Subreddits are going to blackout to protest the API changes" being spread around and I'm just sighing because we're all sort of locked into this abusive relationship with these places that we know won't do anything positive.
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