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  • SleepyBear@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Reddit posting ads for more users is actually hilarious. They were soooo unconcerned with how many users they were going to lose when they made the 3rd party API changes. Like to the point where u/spez basically had a “let them eat cake” moment and just straight up said “were successful enough we dont care if we lose people”.

      • markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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        21 hours ago

        I mean from a business standpoint it makes sense. You make more money selling 5 hamburgers at $21 a piece than you do selling 10 at $10 a piece, as long as costs are similar. Having fewer users you’re making more money from can make sense.

        • dzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          20 hours ago

          Not even from business standpoint. Or maybe I’m misinterpreting the bottom line, but a business should be conscious about it’s business model.

          Why do people go to reddit? Funny memes and great comments. It started to become boring when the people started to act like bots (echochamber), now it’s mostly bots echoing arguments and memes of past. With your restaurant analogy, it is more like they started selling the support beams instead of product.