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0 pointsRepulsion95132y ago0 comments

> enshittify with ads

> we'll never be able to degrade the user experience in a way where people want to leave

Neither of those is the same as "no ads". They're just saying that they can't make the ads so bad that most people want to leave, because then people will leave and the ads won't be shown to anyone.

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jakebsky2y ago

Reddit destroyed Apollo so they could inject ads into the Reddit experience.

Bluesky doesn't have the ability to do this. There's no API key to revoke that could stop someone else from running parallel apps/infrastructure/etc. The network is completely open.

Repulsion9513OP2y ago

Reddit had ads long before they destroyed Apollo. Thanks for providing additional evidence for my point.

jakebsky2y ago

Sure, but Apollo made it easy for users that didn't want ads to use Reddit without them. Destroying Apollo removed that ability for most people.

I'm about as anti-ads as it gets but I don't object to other people using apps with ads in them, if that's their choice.

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0 pointsRepulsion95132y ago0 comments

> enshittify with ads

> we'll never be able to degrade the user experience in a way where people want to leave

Neither of those is the same as "no ads". They're just saying that they can't make the ads so bad that most people want to leave, because then people will leave and the ads won't be shown to anyone.

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jakebsky2y ago

Reddit destroyed Apollo so they could inject ads into the Reddit experience.

Bluesky doesn't have the ability to do this. There's no API key to revoke that could stop someone else from running parallel apps/infrastructure/etc. The network is completely open.

Repulsion9513OP2y ago

Reddit had ads long before they destroyed Apollo. Thanks for providing additional evidence for my point.

jakebsky2y ago

Sure, but Apollo made it easy for users that didn't want ads to use Reddit without them. Destroying Apollo removed that ability for most people.

I'm about as anti-ads as it gets but I don't object to other people using apps with ads in them, if that's their choice.

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