I’m not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium

I’m not sure if this is well-known or not that they’re pushing it now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, especially on old.reddit.

  • rjc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    1 year ago

    This, they could have just said API access now requires premium. I’m sure some people would have been pissed, but not nearly as much as the current situation.

    If it was just “Pay $50 per year and continue to use and enjoy any 3PA of your choice”, I might have paid rather than jumping ship.

    • Temple Square@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. RiF was my world. I literally took the news re: API changes worse than when my girlfriend broke up with me (shortly before). My stages of grief have centered more around reddit than her, lol.

      Now Reddit have shown they are toxic. And I no longer wish to add value to their platform.

      I miss some subs, but honestly this place is FUN. It’s so old school! And it’s great to see the activity increase daily.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      If they’d handled it better, I’d definitely have considered it. Reddit has added a lot of value to my life. But now, after spez has personally insulted the 3pa devs and called the discussion “noise”? Now, you couldn’t pay me $500 to make spez even $1 richer.