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Why do so many tech companies, like Reddit and Twitter are making their platforms worse for their users all of a sudden? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] lanolinoil 3 points 2 years ago

Imagine I make a new place that's free to hang out at. Everyone loves to hang out there but the bank that lent me the money for the mortgage is worried and say,"How will we make any money? Everything is free." I'll say don't worry there's plenty of money eventually. We'll figure it out. Look how many people there are.

I'm going to sell this place long before the money actually has to start rolling in like promised. It will probably get sold several times before someone is finally the chump who has to figure out how this super expensive place ever turns a profit.

That chump ruins the earth, but really we all helped