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.

  • SeeJayEmm@lemmy.one
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    Same here. If they’d have just framed it differently and put the onus of paying for api access on the users (at a modest fee), almost none of the backlash would have happened.

    Then I’d still be oblivious.

    I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation. I like the ideals of the fediverse and want it to succeed.

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      Then I’d still be oblivious.

      I prefer the world the way it was before all the consolidation. I like the ideals of the fediverse and want it to succeed.

      Exactly, this is better overall I think, at least when it comes to the health of the internet as a whole.

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          I have seen the same issiue with individual, niche forums: going down because of one person. It was just a matter of time for that to happen with a bigger site.