Most of the aspects have already been covered but I would want to add one:

This was always the plan, it just wasn't as highly prioritised as growth.

I work as a developer at a big tech company. We (the company) had our roadmap and it was mostly about getting more users. The more users you have the day the economy turns - the better off you are (... If you manage to turn an profit).

So when the economy went to shit and we (and other tech companies) no longer can loan money for free to cover our running expenses - the priorities shift. Working towards attracting more users is only going to increase your costs at the point and you don't want to run out of money. So all roadmaps changed and cost saving efforts became the highest prio all of the sudden.

Because they care about one metric: time spent watching ads.

If they only show you chronological - for example - there is a risk you open the app, find that nothing has happened (or what happened is of low quality). Controlling what you see makes it easier to also ensure there's always a reason to visit the page. Leaving it all to recency or popularity or something means handing over the control of your time.

And it's always going to piss off people but the important part is what it does for the big masses (which likely is - more time spent watching ads)

I was close to it. I'm an advocate for paying for services I use. We're way too used to getting everything for free and we should be willing to pay for services we appreciate.

Which made me realise that Facebook especially I don't appreciate. So I quit instead. It had value to me once but those times are long gone.

Makes a lot of sense since it's a sub for power users. The proportion of 3rd party app users is probably among the highest at Reddit

My first gig as a software developer offered Fedora23 I think it was if you wanted Linux. Would be interesting to see how much has changed but I don't really have a machine to just throw fedora on

Pff, this has to do with people caring more about their polling numbers than the environment.

Actually saving the environment requires some hard sacrifices and it's hard to be the elected leader who tells their voters that they're going to pay more and get less.

But in non-democratic countries you're right of course.

Stop trying to beat the market. Invest in a cheap global index fund and just keep buying.

Books on Google Play Books

You are used to a time where money was essentially free for companies. Whenever they needed money, they could loan money almost for free.

As interest rates are up, that's no longer the case and priorities have changed from growth to plugging holes.

I loved infinity for reddit. Did I miss a memo or something, I thought he decided to try to make the reddit client financially sustainable?

I said in my final paragraph that Lemmy is nice but there is so little content here. The communities I frequent here (with very active reddit counterparts) have like a submission every few days. Just check !football@lemmy.world for example.

I think one general benefit of open source is that in general - they are built for the user rather than for the stakeholders.

If Spotify was an open source app - you know for sure you would be able to hide podcasts for example (for people who don't care about podcasts and just want a music experience). However, since for Spotify The Business it's better to piss off X% of their users if Y% of their users turn into podcast users - they're not going care about the angry X%.

So in general - in open source apps you'll generally find features users actually want and very rarely the app will try to push new features on you because they're trying to make numbers look good on their quarterly report.

Much harder to get distracted with a pen and paper. Main reason I use it.

I just try really hard to do the small things all the time. Whenever I leave a room, I try to bring something with me that shouldn't be in that room. Whenever I go into the kitchen, I try to clean one thing in the kitchen whether it's putting something in the dishwasher or throwing out an empty package.

Just do small things whenever you have a moment.

Our place still looks chaotic though so don't expect miracles.

European here. Telegram and FB Messenger is used by everyone even for iPhone to iPhone communication.

Same with Lightroom vs Darktable.

Ironically, people who have managed to do this would not see your question

I've never seen the view of an IPO so heavily affected by bias. Superusers hate Reddit but so what - what matters is whether soccer moms are scrolling and being shown ads. No one cares that the most costly users are unsatisfied. You and me both are nothing to investors.

Is there some objective analysis of this IPO? All I'm seeing is "I'm a superuser who spent a lot of time on Reddit in 2007 and it was far superior back then. The stock will tank."

Eh, I don't think I should use my phone more while in bed...

I have been a loyal Firefox users for years but I would lie if I didn't say I get tired of websites not working.

Feels like something that can be very frustrating unless they get it perfectly right

Whenever I hear this kind of news, I always think of the people who just barely missed this. Or will miss this as it takes time to roll it out (I assume).

Tbh when I joined I didn't completely understand the fediverse. I tried to join Lemmy One first because it sounded generic enough. It didn't accept new joiners so I moved to the next generic one.

I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that a lot of users are going to do the same. And even though I might swear in church now, I guess that's the fragility you get with fediverse. Ruud can kill this instance at any point. He can grow bored, decide he wants to put his money elsewhere, instance can grow too big for him to afford, etc. People are angry Reddit have 30 days but Ruud could easily kill this instance overnight.

Reddit is a shithole of a company, but at least you can trust a company to like money and certain futures are simply not realistic because that would hurt the income.

I have no doubt Reddit will still be here in five years. I wouldn't bet the same amount on any fediverse instance

I'm on Pixel 7 Pro and after this winter (dry hands) I'm leaning towards iPhone. I'm so sick of failing the fingerprint scanner 3-4 times before having to resort to the pin code.

FaceID worked so well on the Pixel 4 XL - why isn't any Android manufacturer picking it up??

Ah, might be! It's been 10+ years since I tried it. Back then I found it very hard to navigate

Who cares, we're leaving an economy where no one cared about profitability. Just growth. It's all about whether they can capitalize on that growth now.

Spotify was the same. Turned a profit the first quarter after shifting the focus towards profitability.

I don't want to be that guy but does this guy have a good track record? Kind of feel he managed to get a good Lemmy domain (generic sounding one) and now he has the biggest instance.

Do we know he's a jolly good fellow?

Wow, that's really impressive progress in that amount of time! Keep it up, I love what I'm seeing!

I mean, the complexity of an iOS app is nothing against running one of the world's largest websites...

Definitely will die. I just don't see how instances will be supported financially. The fediverse is nice but at the end of the day, the instances are running somewhere and there are bills to pay.

USB-type C to become EU's common charger by end of 2024

I mean... Sure, but we've had USB-C as de facto standard for many years now. When was the last time you saw a micro USB phone?

I know, but the person I was replying to made it sound like EU regulation is to thank for Android devices having USB-C

The people who complain about how they no longer can get answers on how to eliminate juice in the style of Hitler are people who are - to be honest - completely missing the point of this revolution.

ChatGPT is the biggest developer productivity booster I have ever seen and I spend so much more time writing valuable code. Less time spent debugging, less time spent reviewing, etc. means more time for development of things that matter.

Each tech company who just saw massive growth over the past 10-15 years have just received a new toy which will multiply their developer's outputs. There will be a clear difference between companies who manage to do this will and those who won't.

It's irrelevant if I can get ChatGPT to write a poem about poop or not. That's not the goal of this tool.