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?

  • @cley_faye
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    281 year ago

    It’s more like you now notice this because it have visible effects, but it’s been going on for years. Restricting content, abusive rules and stupid changes have been the norm, all toward a centrally controlled experience geared toward generating internal profits on the back of users and content creators.

    It’s also why some prominent content creator started their own platforms, too.

    It’s just that now it reaches “intolerable” level for most end-users.