I just had a brief moment where I felt some sympathy for Reddit: “Maybe I’m part of the problem for only consuming via RSS, which isn’t good for their bottom line.” Then I remembered that they don’t produce the content I’m interested in, they just profit off it, and now I’m even angrier.
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Reddit ditching RSS b/c of massive web scraping tolerated because protecting IP is now a threat to business is threefold disrespect for Aaron Swartz, and everyone should be ashamed. (I don’t think IP is the issue w/AI, but it’s what let feds harass Swartz in a way that they never will AI).
🔗 linkblog: Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
🔗 linkblog: Reddit turns 20, and it’s going big on AI
the new Reeder is exactly the app I want right now
🔗 linkblog: Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base''
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