just another Redditrefugee who has been thinking too much about the internet lately.

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  • I think there can be an intermediary step where things get a little better before they get much worse. I’m thinking of Youtube, which pre acquisiton, iirc, was getting slow and bad. Google infrastructure made it faster, but then, well…

    This is really just the first step of enshitification - first they make things good for users, then introduce advertisers, then claw back all the value for themselves.

    Or put another way

    • "don’t worry you favourite thing will stay the same - we don’t want to mess with a winning formula!
    • “these changes will benefit users!”
    • “we have to comply with industry standards and best practices. please read our updated terms of service.”
    • "in order to compete in a dynamic marketplace, we’re introducing an add supported tier!
    • “we’ve made changes to our subscription model!”
    • “we’ve made changes to our subscription model and we’re introducing adds on paid tiers! suck it!”
    • “sure, you paid for it, but our agreements are expiring and we don’t value you as a human being!”
    • “really, where else are you going to go? lololololol”




  • It makes even less sense considering the pivot to an “original franchise.” If they’re cynically trying to print money, why not cash in on something with an established active fanbase? Seems like less of a risk.

    I’d have bought a new Deus Ex game, regardless if it got badly reviewed. Not really interested in whatever they’re cooking up now. I’m sure most of us fans probably feel the same way.


  • “um, akshully, it’s not genocide, but it might still be bad or whatever.” Ridiculous

    Setting aside whether Israel’s attacks, killings, civilian casualties and mass displacement meet a particular definition of genocide, what possible reason does the author have to quibble on this?

    Either they’re merely being pedantic (which I find hard to believe) or they’re trying to blunt outrage over what I think any reasonable person would call a genocide. They’re reaching for any means possible to make these crimes seem less heinous. Seems like a move of desperation to me.


  • It’s not my primary device but it fills a couple niches really well. And travel device isn’t even the most important, though obviously I love it for that.

    Sometimes I game with it over my PC when I want to be outside in the summer.

    But most of the time I end using it with the tv. I have the dock and it’s become more like a Nintendo switch than a Sega game gear. My friends and blasted through Streets of Rage 4 in an afternoon for example. And im in a couple discord movie servers and when I’m watching I just switch to desktop mode and full screen it.

    So yeah I’m not using it the way I thought, but it gets used couple times a week minimum, a lot more if I have along bus or train ride.






  • This is what I do, with one more category - I tip 22 or more to small, local businesses I use. Box stores or large franchises, not so much.

    During covid, when I did order takeout we kept it to our favorite two places, hoping they’d survive, which they did. When we went back to in person it turns out I was known - it was a funny way to become a regular. So I feel like it must have made a difference.

    Anyway. The landscape is increasingly complicated and I think we’ve got to choose the one or two things that are important.




  • i agree completely, and i’ve said it before, a small fee goes a long way to stopping spam and the bad kind of shitposting. It’s barrier that a lot of actors, good and bad, can climb, but they’ll be at least someone who can’t or won’t.

    thing is, twitter has already eroded so much trust and relevance that i think for a lot of folks this might be the last straw. we’ll see - much like the reddit rebellion it’s hard to tell how many folks will actually quit from the noise alone.

    For the fediverse i’m not certain at all. on the one hand many of us want the fediverse to grow and become more diverse. Fees are a barrier to entry. but i also agree, as you say, that mods and admins deserve something for their trouble - especially since their job is a lot harder on lemmy.

    i hate to say, but maybe discord has it right? monetize cosmetics and stuff? i really don’t know. Disclosure i am nitro subscriber, mostly for the emoji.


  • As I said in the OG thread, I will stick with beehaw, but I’d also keep an eye on the fediverse with an alt. I would also support an eventual return to federation when/if some of the issues have been sorted.

    For those who support the proposed move, this isn’t about mere technical issues. It’s about safety - it’s very easy right now for a bad actor to cause a lot of damage the way things are set up. The reasons things are as good as they are here is the tireless work of the admins and mods and they if they say enough is enough I believe them.

    While I think something like the fediverse is where the internet is going, Lemmy on activity pub may or may not be the way. Well just have to see. I’m not gonna leave a positive community in favour of a certain tech, that’s backwards.