As much as these ads suck, they were not the problem. The problem was Reddit charging for using their API (which was a big problem for third party readers) in order to force you to view said ads.
Capitalism’s most basic promise was that businesses will create value and have positive influence on society because that will be the only way to generate revenue. Reality proves that it’s somehow more profitable to enshittify things.
That’s true I definitely oversimplified things. I had an issue where there were posts from supposed users trying to push a product. Felt deceptive compared to normal ad practices.
Truth. We moved from reddit cause of deceptive ad placements.
As much as these ads suck, they were not the problem. The problem was Reddit charging for using their API (which was a big problem for third party readers) in order to force you to view said ads.
Capitalism’s most basic promise was that businesses will create value and have positive influence on society because that will be the only way to generate revenue. Reality proves that it’s somehow more profitable to enshittify things.
That’s true I definitely oversimplified things. I had an issue where there were posts from supposed users trying to push a product. Felt deceptive compared to normal ad practices.