Its funny how both Reddit and Twitch announce API or policy changes that creates mass discussion within their respective communities regarding longevity and user experience. Both companies are doing shitty things for the $$$ and simultaneously creating mass exodus(es?) to other platforms.
What I find most interesting, is the announcements were made during a similar time frame and both plan to implement their changes on July 1st. I think thats pretty suspect? Almost as if a shareholder has their hand in both their pockets making a big push at once.
What are all of your thoughts on this? Im curious to hear some other perspectives!
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What is going on with Twitch? Haven’t really been keeping up with it
!remindme 1day
… We need to get some bots up in here
If I’m right, Twitch is implementing a mandatory adspace onto every stream. It will be placed in one of the stream’s corner.
Yeah, I dunno… Twitter seemingly intentionally committing suicide too, all in such a short amount of time.
My tinfoil hat wearing side wonders if this is all coordinated because of the election coming up next year, but the more likely explanation is interest rates and tightening capital forcing these shitty new monetize-at-all-costs actions.
My tinfoil had said Elon was preparing for a republican primary in the next decade 😆
But it will be interesting to see what political parties and propaganda will try to spread for the next US election on those social media platforms.
I thought I read since younger people use TikTok, and young people don’t vote, there was no urgency to manipulate that format
What’s crazy is Twitch actually folded and Reddit is being stubborn. They still have some sneaky lines in their TOS, but it seems they aren’t going to enforce them like YT.
Not yet at least…
I think it was bound to happen once they got BC funding. Honestly it’s probably for the best, as it’s like ripping a band aid off. If they hadn’t caused all of this turmoil at once, we likely wouldnt have seen such a big migration here.
no, it’s horrible. and they feel like they can get away with it.
It is horrible. Obviously i use funny in a way that i dont think its actually funny.
They feel they can get away with it because unfortunately in today socio-economical-political climate they CAN get away with it for the most part. Theres still gonna be twitch streamers who feel like they have no option but to continue streaming on that platform, and redditors who dont really care about the API change and dont mind New reddit & the official app.
Those groups allow them to get away. They’ll die at some point, but not yet unfortunately.
Seems inevitable at some point for any social media that reached a monopoly in its segment
Netflix recently started cracking down on password sharing, people too thought it’d be the end of Netflix. But here we are, with Netflix still around and having record breaking signups.
So I’m guessing other companies realized that they can milk more money from people.
In Twitches case I think its a good thing. People will go to different services and there’ll be some good competition, same with Reddit.
Capitalism is what capitalism does.
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True yeah. Im just hoping more people move off these kind of websites to be honest. Shame to see more money go to them.
