YouTube disallowing adblockers, Reddit charging for API usage, Twitter blocking non-registered users. These events happen almost at the same time. Is this one of the effects of the tech bubble burst?

  • dottedgreenline@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    My guess is their calculations are that they’re not necessarily being unfavourable to their more casual users. Which are probably the majority. People who have digested the idea of ads, don’t create content and casually scroll around for a laugh or for some biased news and surface level discussions probably don’t feel that much has changed.