then you can stop driving up prices for people who actually need one.
Yeah that's not really how that works LOL. I'm all for people not driving trucks, but if they stopped, that would make them MORE expensive. It's simple economies of scale. The more they make, the less each individual unit costs.
You could buy a delivery van for considerably less money and it is significantly more practical.
So the truck made of cold-rolled steel with 240V inverter is not made for "people who do real work"?
That's not true. What they said was that the users who voted make up a tiny portion of the overall userbase.
However, you can't force them all to vote. You can only ask and accept the answer of the active ones that choose to participate.
Reddit must be exhausted playing these ethics games. Just admit that they want to kill 3rd party apps and they're not going to tolerate malicious compliance with the rules.
I don't know that they are breaking any rules, but regardless they are malicious in intent, which is really what matters. And if you're going to argue otherwise, you're being completely disingenuous.
We're seeing a huge shift in the economy due to the interest rates. LOTS of companies have been operating at a loss for a decade or more. That time is over.
When tens-of-thousands-strong communities are voting overwhelmingly in favor of these "malicious" actions maybe we should look at what they are responding to.
Yes I mentioned what they were responding to in the comment you replied to.
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Unfortunately these companies have caught on to the fake phone number workaround and don't allow VoIP numbers anymore. Fucking shame on them. There are dozens of other ways to verify legitimate users that don't require giving out personal information for no reason.
And different usernames/emails also. (Apple relay, Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, etc.)
But DON'T store your 2FA tokens in your password manager. I don't understand why even the most reputable password managers allow this. If your 2FA is stored inside your password manager, you only have 1FA.
I've no idea what that means