• @antidote101@lemmy.world
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    561 year ago

    Twitter being ruined by Musk.

    Reddit switching limiting other apps, and now blocking google.

    YouTube detecting ad blockers.

    Strange choices.

    • blargerer
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      391 year ago

      Its pretty simple: Their businesses were built when it was cheap to borrow money. The pandemic caused large inflation. In response feds all around the world have greatly increased prime interest rates. Now their ‘run large deficits to expand’ business model is more expensive and they need to compete against increasingly valuable bonds as a competing source of investment. All of this means they need to aggressively chase improved profitability.

    • @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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      181 year ago
      1. Quit X. It sucks and now folks have an easy rationalization to do so
      2. Fuck Reddit --> Lemmy
      3. Lots of options to get around Yootube+ I wouldn’t be averse ro privately pay to help subsidize the inevitably insane cost of hosting and rendering old/current/new content but I know how Ggle will abuse being able to connect me in any way to it
      • The Snark Urge
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        31 year ago

        I hope more people start doing something akin to Schrab Home Video, building live TV online on a shoe string budget just for fun and community. Creative tools are widespread enough that content is as easy to create as ever, and self hosted stuff is really taking off.