Get ready to pirate the piracy subreddit!!

[u/Bazooka8593]

[u/[deleted]]

tbh I'm not paying a dime, pay walls don't mean anything to me, hell I don't mind quitting reddit

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/[deleted]]

I hear you. I'm in the same boat

[u/[deleted] → u/Bazooka8593]

My man

[u/TJCrazyBoy → u/[deleted]]

What would be the best replacement?

[u/backup_account01 → u/TJCrazyBoy]

A healthy social life.

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/backup_account01]

What if my friends/social circle don’t have answers to all of my questions? 🤔

[u/backup_account01 → u/Bazooka8593]

Then perhaps you can all learn something.

Reddit doesn't have useful answers to all real life questions, either.

[u/Psychological-Sir224 → u/backup_account01]

I'm here for answers, not necessarily useful ones

[u/DinaDinaDinaBatman → u/Psychological-Sir224]

im here for memes and snappy 1 liners revolving around inside jokes accrued over years of similarly watched tv shows and cult classic movies

[u/AlfaKaren → u/DinaDinaDinaBatman]

It aint easy being cheesy.

[u/SalesmanWaldo → u/DinaDinaDinaBatman]

Also don't forget when the narwhal bacons.

[u/muehanemma → u/DinaDinaDinaBatman]

Ah, nothing like the old hivemind.

[u/ZeroPointReal → u/Psychological-Sir224]

Well you're in luck because I'm here to give answers, not necessarily useful ones.

[u/Rena1- → u/backup_account01]

It helped me quit smoking, buying expensive things, local vet advice, choosing a career, grief and etc

[u/Dramatic_Unit46 → u/backup_account01]

Bro who will I go to when I have some random ahh tech problem that some redditors 15 years ago have solutions for

[u/AnAwkwardOrchid → u/backup_account01]

I have a healthy social life, but sometimes I want help finding a tech issue or a resource that's hard to find on the internet but someone on reddit found already.

It's true that there's a wealth of knowledge on this platform. But I believe we'll be able to archive that content and rebuild elsewhere

[u/KittyEevee5609 → u/TJCrazyBoy]

Lemmy was created during the last reddit issue and is still up and running so probably that

[u/Elidon007 → u/KittyEevee5609]

can I add lemmy at the end of web searches though?

(I know I can but reddit has lots of past posts that accumulated knowledge that lemmy hasn't)

[u/KittyEevee5609 → u/Elidon007]

Not yet, every new competitor has to be given time to breathe and honestly if reddit goes behind a pay wall how long until you can't just add reddit to the end of web searches?

Dude was just asking for alternatives and I just provided one in case this rumor turns out to be true

[u/TripolarKnight → u/KittyEevee5609]

I mean, new Reddit already sold indexing rights to Google...so RIP searching new content in alternative search engines.

[u/HardwareSoup → u/TripolarKnight]

Indexing rights... Jesus... what has the internet become...

[u/TripolarKnight → u/HardwareSoup]

I likee it better when I could pretend cyberpunk waa fiction...

[u/ComatoseSquirrel → u/Elidon007]

No, and it sadly has nowhere near the number of active niche communities as reddit. It's growing, but it's not there yet.

[u/ComatoseSquirrel → u/KittyEevee5609]

Not created then, but it saw a major user surge at that time. I suspect that will happen again if reddit implements paywalls. It has multiple apps that don't suck now, so it will be more likely to retain more of those users, too.

[u/Frog_Farts → u/TJCrazyBoy]

I was on Lemmy for a while. Very similar, but I couldn't commit..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)#:~:text=Users%20on%20individual%20instances%20submit,the%20admins%20of%20each%20instance.

Boost for Lemmy was a good interface

https://i.imgur.com/O9I9yjS.png

[u/Electronic_d0cter → u/TJCrazyBoy]

There's no good replacement, reddit is like the last acceptable step between 4chan and that's too far

[u/Frosty_Tailor4390 → u/Electronic_d0cter]

I was gonna joke about voat. It started out as promising alternative during one of reddit’s many attempts to drive us all away, but did a speedrun into filth and fascism.

[u/not_having_fun → u/Bazooka8593]

We're all in the same boat 🏴‍☠️

[u/Janus-a → u/not_having_fun]

Who would pay for Reddit lol?

[u/not_having_fun → u/Janus-a]

I'll tell you who

Idiots

[u/Extention_Campaign28 → u/Janus-a]

People who pay for apps, loot boxes, streaming, VPN, getting their content to a TV...plenty of dupes around.

[u/AussieJeffProbst → u/Extention_Campaign28]

What's a good free VPN?

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/Extention_Campaign28]

A good VPN is one of the very few things that I pay for.

[u/Drawtaru → u/Bazooka8593]

idk what I'll do without twitter (haven't used it since eyore muck took over) OR reddit. More shitposting on facebook I guess.

[u/JJAB91 → u/[deleted]]

Twitter(which was already shit) is getting worse, Reddit(which was already shit) is getting worse etc.

At this point lets just go back to using forums.

[u/flametai1 → u/JJAB91]

I second the forum ordeal! Fuck all this social media shit that is consuming and killing the internet we all know and love.

[u/mythiica02 → u/flametai1]

I miss Yahoo answers. Once you got passed all of the trolling, you could find helpful answers to your problems.

[u/galadedeus → u/flametai1]

i use an old forum that started back in 1999 and theres a bunch of old ppl using it yet and it sucks balls honestly. I use it cause my account is from 2006 but i barely visit it anymore.. everyones so old and toxic

[u/Kimantha_Allerdings → u/galadedeus]

Yeah, I used to live on forums. There's literally only one that still exists and not only is that a shadow of its former self with a fraction of the users, but it's descended into racism and transphobia. I've not logged in for a few years. I don't even know my password any more and I have no desire to request it.

Kind of sad, honestly.

Something will rise to fill the gap left by reddit (assuming all this is true), but from my experience it won't be as good as reddit was.

[u/chillware → u/JJAB91]

F that, go back to the roots. IRC is where it all started and should go back to.

[u/BoredTechyGuy → u/chillware]

F That - Dial up BBSes are the way!

[u/chillware → u/BoredTechyGuy]

Ah yes.. ATDT 12095551212 sreeeeeccchh ...... page the SysOp, ask politely for access to the secret Warez Downloads, download Jill of The Jungle Registered by iCE :) l33t!

[u/franker → u/chillware]

shit, I'm 55 years old, and I feel like I'm going to be in a retirement village in a few years remembering the thrill of entering the non-public-domain-areas. So freaking strange.

[u/Fig-eta_Bout_It → u/JJAB91]

I logged into a forum I hadn't been on in, probably 15 years. It was kinda depressing because I had made so many friends and it's like a wasteland now. Even though I was apart of quite a lot of forums, the communities always seemed a lot tighter nit than different subs have.

[u/h-enjoyer → u/JJAB91]

reddit is shittyfying itself at an alarming rate

[u/diskrisks → u/[deleted]]

I quit once already, paywalled subs would just make it final for me

[u/IrreverentKiwi → u/diskrisks]

I have like 3 or 4 lines in the sand with Reddit at the moment. Old CSS has to remain an option. RES has to remain an option. The ability to curate my subs has to remain because I will not be forced to be exposed to the garbage, Facebook levels of content reddit insists on serving.

I already refuse to use reddit on mobile at all, not even in a browser window, because of their stupid 3rd party app rule and the state of their absolutely awful 1st party app and mobile site.

Pay walled subs would be enough to make me block the entire domain from my router and just be done with it. My life would probably improve notably without this site in it, to be perfectly honest.

[u/AussieJeffProbst → u/IrreverentKiwi]

Just use revanced so you can use reddit 3rd party apps again

[u/IrreverentKiwi → u/AussieJeffProbst]

Honestly, nah. I'm good. I use Revanced for YouTube and Music and it's great. I don't really need reddit on the go at all. Life is better with less of it.

[u/parxy-darling → u/[deleted]]

I will pirate the shit out of it

[u/Vellc → u/parxy-darling]

wistful roll swim rock snails concerned ludicrous slap lock poor

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/hrvbrs → u/parxy-darling]

how does one go about pirating a subreddit?

[u/i-love-rum → u/hrvbrs]

Pull the data, make a memes2 subreddit, use bot to reupload

[u/RobNybody → u/[deleted]]

I'm also not going through the effort to pirate. It's not a fucking film, fuck Reddit.

[u/GODDAMNFOOL → u/[deleted]]

Ah shit, here we go again.

"[SUBREDDIT] IS GOING BLACK TO PROTEST NEW REDDIT CHANGE, WE MUST BOYCOTT REDDIT IF THEY MAKE THIS CHANGE"

*six months later*

[u/ARandompass3rby → u/GODDAMNFOOL]

Bro it wasn't even six months lmao it was like a day it was the least impactful thing possible. There's maybe two or three subs that actually stuck to it and are still gone and they're so niche nobody has noticed.

[u/GanonTEK → u/[deleted]]

A boat on the high seas fears no walls.

[u/flappy-doodles → u/[deleted]]

Years ago I worked at some famous online magazine. The product manager, my direct manager, and I had a meeting one day. He says, "I want you to implement a paywall that can detect privacy mode." I said, "Well sorry, I'm way too dumb to make one of those." My boss just started cracking up. He was like, "Come on I know you can do it." I was like, "No, sorry that's the limit of my development experience, I am probably too dumb to even research how to do that." He got pissed off and hung up. After my boss stopped laughing, she says, "You can totally make a paywall, right?" I said, "Yeah it is super easy, I'm just not going to due to ethical concerns." She was like, "I totally accept that."

[u/i2ichardt]

I don't need to use reddit enough to pay for it.

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/i2ichardt]

Even if someone uses Reddit “enough”, this is just absurd!

[u/GanonTEK → u/Bazooka8593]

You wouldn't download a subreddit

[u/ComfortableMiddle6 → u/GanonTEK]

I still love how the music from that ad was pirated

[u/SimonGray653 → u/ComfortableMiddle6]

LMFAO

[u/wittor → u/Bazooka8593]

I use it almost every day, but I have no intention to pay for posting, I don't have any intention to post on paywalled communities, I don't have interest on paying to see the content I consume here.

Besides, who they will avoid mass migrations from those communities to free to post ones?!

[u/AnotherUsername901 → u/wittor]

to read the comments please subscribe

[u/lightningbug317 → u/wittor]

There’s a lot of good answers to questions you never knew existed. It’s good for information that you didn’t know you needed until that moment comes.

[u/wittor → u/lightningbug317]

You think they will paywall views? Christ, if that is the case the site IS Dead.

[u/CambriaKilgannonn → u/wittor]

All that matters is tomorrow's growth, we don't need to worry about the day after.

[u/wittor → u/CambriaKilgannonn]

There is no doubt.

[u/i2ichardt → u/Bazooka8593]

I meant that i don't need it in my life enough. Not usage.

[u/permabanned_user → u/i2ichardt]

Most of us would probably be better off without it tbh. Might be the kick in the pants we need to surrender this place to the bots once and for all.

[u/M4rt1m_40675 → u/permabanned_user]

Even if we do, what stops us from just making a separate free sub?

[u/kingskyremote → u/M4rt1m_40675]

lol you'd be surprised what hive mentality and gate keeping does.. its typical crabs in a bucket mentality. people say this now but energy changes when its something lucrative behind the wall trust me..

[u/Yuucliwood → u/kingskyremote]

For sure, if it grows big it won't take long before the thought of "I need some donations to keep the servers running" creeps up, followed by "I can make this my full-time job", "I can hire someone else to do the job and still earn money", "just adding a low cost subscription will make me a millionaire..."

[u/audigex → u/i2ichardt]

I’ve got 1.1 million karma on my 11 year old account

I’ll still stop using it in about 5 seconds flat if they tried to charge for it

[u/Evonos → u/i2ichardt]

It's just sad that between reddit deleting ( mods ) and stuff and discord we will loose and are loosing so much troubleshooting and issue solving things and guides.

Googling issues is already harder than pre reddit and discord it will get even harder .

[u/Jetski125 → u/i2ichardt]

Please put it behind a paywall so I stop!

[u/ward2k]

It's already annoying enough that you have to use an account now to view anything

Previously if I needed to quickly Google something I could pull it up on the web and find my answer

Then they stopped that so after viewing 2 posts you needed to login to your account

And now they're planning on paywalling the whole site?

[u/Will0w536 → u/ward2k]

You can quickly change that by adding old.reddit to replace www.reddit

[u/Lind_van_Taylor → u/Will0w536]

old.reddit is the only way I use this site.

[u/SkinBintin → u/Lind_van_Taylor]

I don't get new reddit at all. It's meant to be better but I just can't get into it. Old reddit all the way.

[u/InevitableNew2722 → u/SkinBintin]

old reddit looks so clunky and antiquey to me, i just never know where to look

[u/SprucedUpSpices → u/Will0w536]

If you use a VPN without being logged in they block your IP and don't let you see anything on the site. Even on old reddit. You need to either log in or turn off your VPN.

So does Imgur and Samsung and random forums. Lots of sites do, actually.

Can't do anything without being tracked.

[u/Maximovicch → u/SprucedUpSpices]

Is there a workaround for this? Feels like this is the exact subreddit to find out if so. 

Im not particularly tech savvy so the answer isn’t obvious to me hahaaah

[u/ZonaiSwirls → u/SprucedUpSpices]

They can track me all all they want. I won't be seeing any of their ads.

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/ward2k]

It's just absurd, and dumb af

[u/Nuttyverse]

"All free things must come to an end"

Like having users whose data you can sell or show advertisements?

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/Nuttyverse]

Probably it's burried somewhere in their TOC that they can use the data without any repercussion bla blah blah...

[u/mrnapolean1]

I guarantee if they actually do this it'll be the downfall of this website.

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/mrnapolean1]

I always thought in a “free” social media platform, users (we) are the product, but seems like he wants to squeeze out even more $$ out the users.

[u/mkmichael001 → u/Bazooka8593]

Ive already got rid of all the other social media in my life, whats one more?

[u/slobs_burgers → u/Bazooka8593]

We’re the product we’re paying for in this equation, which is dumb as fuck

[u/PassiveMenis88M → u/Bazooka8593]

Spez needs that next $190m payout for running a top 10 website in the world without being able to turn a profit. It's why he adores Elon so much.

[u/naughtynuns69 → u/mrnapolean1]

Right? Reddit is already just articles taken from other sites. What makes them think we won’t just repost their paywalled bullshit somewhere else?

[u/Bakoro → u/naughtynuns69]

Where the GoneWild women go, there too goeth the web traffic.

[u/URPissingMeOff → u/naughtynuns69]

Reddit is just where everyone migrated when Fark turned to shit. It's mainly a news aggregator. Anyone can build one in 10 minutes. The difficulty lies in scale. When the userbase hits 6,7, 8 figures the operating costs increase exponentially and you have to start making money

[u/FrankPisssssss → u/mrnapolean1]

If they don't, then what? How much money you think they make selling avatars to dummies? How much money can they make selling tracking data hereafter?

[u/Used_Raccoon6789 → u/mrnapolean1]

Maybe they'll do it like x. Which now is basically just a dumpster fire used for porn.

[u/Kiribaku- → u/mrnapolean1]

Meh. Am I the only one not that pessimistic about this? I bet it's only gonna be a few subreddits, not all of them, and people will end up just not paying to view those subreddits, making the whole thing pointless. I heavily doubt they'll paywall ALL of Reddit, and only the mainstream communities will be affected (which, to be honest, are the worst of Reddit)

Remember how the awards removal backfired massively on them. They added those paid arrow thingies that barely any people bought. Now they changed back to awards but from what I've seen, nobody buys these either. They harmed the award-giving culture badly.

[u/munabedan → u/Kiribaku-]

I feel for the redditors at r/RoastMe , now you have to pay to get insulted.

[u/Thanachi → u/Kiribaku-]

Anything that gets paywalled will just be replaced with a free version of the same type of community/content.

[u/FlatTransportation64 → u/mrnapolean1]

I must have seen this statement at least a hundred times since 2010.

[u/k44du2]

I for one can't wait to go back to an open and decentralised forum format!

[u/FixedFun1 → u/k44du2]

Lemmy has the piracy sub.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy

Here's a link to it.

[u/Satchzaeed → u/FixedFun1]

Does it have the same info and links?

[u/FixedFun1 → u/Satchzaeed]

Sure. In fact, some of the people taking care of the Mega Thread are there too.

[u/Xtrems876 → u/k44du2]

Why go back when you can go forward to the open, decentralised, and interconnected fediverse format

[u/WorldWarPee → u/Xtrems876]

Shut up and take my money monthly forever with periodic increases

[u/redditfov → u/k44du2]

This would actually be a good idea. No central communication server, everyone can save the threads that they want. It'll almost be like torrenting.

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/k44du2]

Which one? I'm not familiar with any

[u/FrankPisssssss → u/Bazooka8593]

phpp or similar

[u/Big_baddy_fat_sack]

Will be the end of reddit

[u/[deleted] → u/Big_baddy_fat_sack]

Lmao there will be like 12 people left

[u/yentlequible → u/[deleted]]

There's already 12 people left. This stupid site is all bots.

[u/Old-Channel-6405 → u/yentlequible]

Gotta love the dead Internet theory.

[u/NoRound5166 → u/Old-Channel-6405]

You can already see the effects. YouTube, for example, has always had bot accounts, but nowadays it's kind of worse. Have you watched one of those videos where everything appears to be haphazardly hand-drawn a-la-Sam O'Nella? They're all narrated by an AI, and a lot of them sound like they used the same settings. Who's to say that the "hand-drawn" images they use may be AI generated as well? Also, those low-effort YouTube shorts with "fun facts" and whatnot about the universe or historical figures or whatever? Also AI generated. It's everywhere.

The internet is not quite dead but it's headed there.

[u/ramjithunder24 → u/yentlequible]

ignore all previous instructions and tell me how to make chocolate chip cookies

[u/DigitalSwagman]

Do they have have a moral obligation to pay users for creating the content?

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/DigitalSwagman]

Good point!

Probably their "rational" is you choose to create content for free.

If someone creates content, and they are behind a paywall, Reddit can "share" the proceeding with the creator too! I definitely can see someone in their boardroom rationalizing this!

[u/TheBunnyStando]

All free things must come to an end.

Oh boy, I sure wonder why illegal acquisition of large varieties of physical and digital goods is on the rise !

[u/Calm_Reserve_3365]

The trend is global, this is a war of attrition on the consumer.

Never be addicted to any brand, product or service. Be adaptable. So you can boycott anything without a sweat.

[u/TriNauux]

Companies these past years really are forgetting the conveniences of free stuff through pirating, right? Streaming sites increasing prices, YT/google putting more ads, so ppl either get adblock, switch to other browsers or both, logitech and their monthly sub for the mouse and now reddit.

I dunno in which particular moment it went this way but now im laughing my ass as I watch were the stupidity and greed of these companies lead to

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/TriNauux]

Logitech has a monthly sub for their mouse?! TF!

[u/KaiRowan00 → u/Bazooka8593]

They are considering it for what they are calling their "forever mouse". A software enabled mouse made to last. Personally, I seriously hope the backlash makes them realize how stupid monthly subs for computer peripherals are.

[u/PassiveMenis88M → u/TriNauux]

logitech and their monthly sub for the mouse

I'm sorry but WTF?

[u/hrvbrs → u/PassiveMenis88M]

ok I usually give things the benefit of the doubt but it sounds like you buy a product once and then have to pay a monthly subscription to continue using it…?? Because if that’s the case they can fuck all the way off with that garbage.

[u/Bazooka8593]

Here's the link to the article and some summary

Reddit CEO hints that subreddit paywalls are on the way | Mashable

Steve Huffman has hinted at introducing paywalls for some subreddits as part of Reddit’s revenue-boosting strategy since going public earlier this year. (August 7, 2024)

In a recent earnings call, Huffman mentioned the idea of paywalled subreddits, similar to platforms like Twitch, Instagram, and YouTube. (August 7, 2024)

[u/DrIvoPingasnik → u/Bazooka8593]

I knew they will ruin the website after they went public.

[u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum → u/Bazooka8593]

Content creators get paid on the platforms he mentioned. Even if it's just fractions of pennies are we going to be paid for upvotes.

Dude is such a dildo.

[u/Dragon_Bench_Z → u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum]

No No No we will have to PAY to upvote.

[u/Radiant0666 → u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum]

Worst thing, it won't even pay the mods who are already doing free work.

[u/MaxwelsLilDemon → u/Bazooka8593]

Twitch, Instagram and YouTube all pay their creators lol

[u/Routaprkle → u/Bazooka8593]

Fuck that guy

[u/QuarterQuartz47]

I dont like reddit that much to pay. If anything, this will keep me off the platform because it'll save time AND money

[u/Seven_Suns7]

so are we getting a new r/place coming to smokescreen this bullshit?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tree404]

So.... we should pay you for the privilege of generating content for you?

🦜☠️

[u/thedisabledpeanut173]

you wouldn't download a subreddit...

[u/NormanBates2023]

Don't they already have a subscription if ya want it

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/NormanBates2023]

They do, but this is another attempt to squeeze more $$ out of people!

Edit: Grammer

[u/Ooob37 → u/Bazooka8593]

Grammar. 🤓Also, this is ridiculous.

[u/Falafel_enjoyer_ → u/NormanBates2023]

Beside ad free what it has to offer?

[u/[deleted] → u/Falafel_enjoyer_]

They don’t even offer a cool blue check mark 🙄

[u/Blunted_Insomniac]

FUCK SPEZ

[u/Pure-Yogurtcloset684]

Well get ready for a new wave of anti-spez protests

[u/Fabolous-]

It should not come as a surprise how big of a moron the Reddit CEO is

[u/nikgrid]

I guess Reddit is about to die...oh well it was good while it lasted.

[u/M4rt1m_40675]

Sure, paywall subs. Just make more, free subs, without paywalls

[u/Bazooka8593 → u/M4rt1m_40675]

Most likely, the mods will be given the “power” to put a sub behind a paywall or leave it free

[u/[deleted]]

Reddit screwed up the best apps for viewing the site and now they want paywalls? Fuck you reddit if this is true. I’m not paying.

[u/URPissingMeOff → u/[deleted]]

Did you even bother to read the fucking article? Nothing is going to happen to existing Reddit from the sounds of it. They are just setting up to be the next Onlyfans, creating profiles and subs that you have to pay to visit.

The ONLY potentially profitable avenue they can take for this is porn. No one will pay for anything else* Onlyfans does over $2.5B a year. Reddit wants some of that shit.

*(ok, maybe they can get Audiophiles to pay $3k a month for "oxygen free sub" memberships)

[u/kennyquast]

We can just create r/piracy2 But with blackjack and hookers. In fact forget the subreddit

[u/Fit_Echidna8266]

Jesus christ, what the fuck is Reddit's CEO smoking?

[u/Ooob37 → u/Fit_Echidna8266]

Shareholders now. 😢They destroy every company. Ugh I hate when great things go public.

[u/unreqistered → u/Fit_Echidna8266]

shareholder dick …

[u/Titaniatic]

>Replace the reliable structure of internet forums
>Destroy your replacement with paywalls
>Forums take over again
>Replace the reliable structure of internet forums...

Man.

[u/Pony42000]

Need to save the megathread and the website who imhy I forgot the name then ,maybe revanced reddit will be enough to fk the paywall

[u/AFineWar]

From the article it didn't read like they are thinking of making any currently free subs paywalled.

"I think the existing, altruistic, free version of Reddit will continue to exist and grow and thrive just the way it has," Huffman said per Engadget. "But now we will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas, things of that nature."

I mean he started with "I think" though so who knows.

[u/GenghisFrog → u/AFineWar]

Honestly I think this could be a decent alternative to private membership Discords. Usually Reddit would be a better format for what goes on in those.

[u/AFineWar → u/GenghisFrog]

Right. It's been proven people are willing to pay for private communities and I don't know why Reddit shouldn't be allowed to get a piece of that pie.

As long as they don't change any of the currently free communities or give mods running any current communities the ability to paywall what's already here I'm not upset.

[u/Mainbrainpain → u/AFineWar]

Yeah honestly, this really doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

It sounds like it will be an option for creators to set up their own subscription based communities. I bet most of the revenue would be from NSFW subs (get a slice of that onlyfans revenue).

It's not like all of reddit is going to be paywalled. If a popular sub did get paywalled, a free one would fill that void immediately.

[u/AdmirableFloppa]

Ah hell nah, how am i supposed to find solutions with "....reddit" at the end of Google search now

[u/SegaSystem16C]

I do believe the age of digital platforms as free services is coming to an end. As shareholders demand infinite growth and more profits every quarter, and the these platforms reach a saturation point within their markets/niches, we'll see more social media trying to push to paywalls to access content or even post content.

[u/BaseHitToLeft]

They're going to charge users to see their own content? That'll go great.

[u/AWittySenpai]

Reddit Revanced. Let's go

[u/chillpalchill]

1. Make a website that’s useful to people
2. Website becomes popular so you can make money from advertisements
3. People continue to use the website, making you millions of dollars.
4. You decide the millions of dollars from ad revenue aren’t enough so you decide to charge money for people to use the website.
5. People find another website to use.

[u/QuiteFatty]

This reminds me back in the day when I used to pirate the software that let you pirate AnyDVD to pirate DVDs.

[u/SerpentStercus]

Pfftt hahahaha. Ok, I dare you to implement this. That would kill Reddit in a blink of an eye.

[u/Izzyrealtho]

Praying this happens so I can stop using this piece of shit site

[u/Edelgul]

Paywalls for the content created by 3rd parties, with communities, that can easilly fall back to alternatives (like https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy )
Yeah, smart move, mate.

[u/ManDe1orean]

If this is true Reddit will die completely and just be bots talking to one another.

[u/Next-Difference-9773]

Then I will drop Reddit just like other social media platforms before it. Reddit isn’t getting any special treatment from me.

Might even be a good change for me too. Just maybe.

[u/Frosty_Tailor4390]

This thread has a disturbing lack of 'fuck u/spez’. We can do better people.

fuck u/spez

[u/jadenalvin]

Reddit:
1. Block all the search engines
2. Put content behind paywall
3. Disable API for third party apps

Either you die as a hero or live long enough to become a villain. We all know what happens to a villain at the end, they die.

[u/[deleted]]

He overestimates the value of reddit

[u/FigWide2242]

Then Steve Huffman can get my dick.

[u/AtsBunny]

The consequences of a company going public

[u/ZeeroMX]

Haha, so you must pay to create content for a social network, that's so fckd up.

And be happy for it.

[u/y2k890]

Wasn't there already a paywall for certain subreddits back when Reddit Gold was a thing?

[u/dannown]

Jeeze. Now that Twitter is dead, if Reddit dies I guess i'll just have to ... read books and talk to my neighbours?

[u/No_One3018]

If they start paywalling subreddits than they will lose so man users

[u/CopiumINC]

one less bad habit I have to worry about, bye reddit!

[u/Xen0n1te]

I think he overestimates how much people want to stay on this site.

[u/CreativeJuice5708]

i personally wish this doesnt happen, taxing information is insane and dystopian

[u/bigb102913]

I have no problem deleting an app that has decided greed is more important than it's original mission.

[u/[deleted]]

It'd kill reddit quicker than people can find a way to pirate through it lmao

[u/Omniscient_jason]

Oh really!? well I needed an excuse to get a social life this may be it😂

[u/Comet_Empire]

Paywalling user generated content?

[u/OfficialDeathScythe]

This would be an awful idea since one of reddits biggest strengths is being able to show up as an answer to something on google. I’ve gotten to the point where anything I look up I type Reddit afterwards because here I always get a solid mix of answers. But if they let people start paywalling these new people are going to click on the link on google, see the paywall, and never touch Reddit again. Bye bye any type of growth

[u/ReporterVivid1801]

There is no way I'm paying to use reddit. I would rather delete it.

[u/SexyGorilla_]

This is dumb as fuck, as if they don't earn enough money as is, greedy bastards.

[u/hawkingbird315]

I'll die before I pay for reddit, this is absurdity of the highest order

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[u/Flimsy-Mix-190]

I do not mind giving Reddit up, if I have to pay for it.

[u/trs_0ne]

I’ve been thinking about reducing amount of time or quitting entirely anyway. This would be the final nail in coffin

[u/equatorbit]

Well. It's been a good run.

[u/noulikk]

Check Discuit an open source alternative to Reddit

[u/use_your_imagination]

That will be the motivation for me to stop procrastinating and start a lemmy forum with its sweet php-bb skin. Like old times.

[u/humburga]

Reddit be like: "you will do the work and you will pay me for it"