Fuck Spez

That thumbnail…

I’m here just to say I love y’all. What he’s doing right now is directly affecting me and my job. This support means a lot. Thank you <3

Oh nice, had not seen this. Thanks!

rdx?

Absolute legend.

This happened to me before, years ago before the Dark Times.

I don’t recall which sub banned me for posting where, but it’s been a thing for awhile. In my case, I messaged one of the mods of the sub that banned me, explained that I was doing something similar & not a member of that sub, and they unbanned me.

Makes perfect sense…good luck in your journey :)

Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate it! I can only listen to podcasts when I drive really, it’s the only time I’m able to focus on them. I can’t turn one on at home and just…listen. Maybe if I’m cleaning or something but I prefer music to do that for motivation.

I have a Kindle Oasis and I LOVE it! It’s the perfect size to slip in my purse, it’s thin, and I have multiple books with me at all times. I highly recommend it!

It was the one thing that consistently relieved some of my ADHD boredom though, which is priceless lol

I wish I could be like some of the other commenters here and say that leaving Reddit has been good because of the time suck that it was, or that I’m self-hosting xyz, but I can’t. And I am truly jealous.

I’m still looking to scratch that itch and there’s…nothing. I’m just very bored now but I haven’t gone back because I’m so angry at the way it ended. I do like Lemmy a lot, and Mastodon since I also gave up Twitter, but for better or worse they were a big part of my life and I’m not doing amazing things and coming to wonderful realizations now that they’re gone. It’s just depressing all around.

I volunteer in disaster response, and hurricane season started today and Reddit and Twitter were huge resources for us. Do you know how much of a loss that is? That can’t be replaced…entire communities, regions, parishes, counties, cities, states…they aren’t going to magically swap from one service to another because spez and Space Karen are assholes.

I’m sorry for the rant but enshittification sucks and I am sad.

TLDR I agree with you, OP.

Interestingly, Narwhal remained open ahead of Narwhal 2’s release without users having to pay anything. I asked Harrison in June how that was possible, but he said he couldn’t explain due to a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Reddit. I asked again for this story, and Harrison said he couldn’t provide full details but noted, “Reddit was willing to work with me so that I could transition the app to subscriptions in a reasonable timeframe, especially considering it’s not my full-time job.”

That is interesting given all the shit Spez gave Christian about just this issue with respect to Apollo.

Not yet at least.

You were a-head of your time!

I’ll see myself out.

They do?

Ahhhh, my apologies…I completely misunderstood!

Thank you for taking the time to explain all that, and for the positive words about Mullvad VPN. My current subscription is almost up, so I should get it soon. Have a good one :)

Can you explain more about Mullvad wrt Tor? I’m shopping for a new VPN & looked into Mullvad extensively because it’s my #1 choice so far. What about it specifically makes you say that?

No. I have not.

I never would have thought this, but I’m happy they have a place to go that’s good.

Showing 4.8 for me, southern US. I did do my part though!

Edit: if you look at the version history, up until 2 months ago they would describe what each update did. The last 13 updates all say the same thing (iOS):

Thank you for updating the Reddit app! We’ve updated our iOS app with bug fixes and changes to improve your overall experience.

The only difference is that sometimes there’s a bullet point dot at the very beginning depending on how it was copy/pasted that day lol…just awful every which way with no redeeming qualities.