I’m not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium

I’m not sure if this is well-known or not that they’re pushing it now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, especially on old.reddit.

  • rjb@aussie.zoneEnglish
    01·
    2 years ago

    I don’t really understand this sentiment, I’d rather pay a subscription for a service like fb / insta / reddit than have ads and my identity sold to the highest bidder.

    Social networks are expensive to run, the idea they should be “free” is half the problem.

    Though of course the enterprises behind them make far more money through advertising and mining user data than they would through a subscription model.

    • dxxth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Delusional to think a paid subscription would keep them from selling your identity to the highest bidder. Even if you sued them on GDPR bases they’d gladly take that loss if you somehow won so they could keep abusing you.

      It’s just another revenue stream to make people feel better about their poor financial decisions.

    • hellequin67@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I have no problem paying an app developer to remove ads.

      But I’m not going to pay an organisation that has just hiked it’s API prices which means it’s now going to be earning a fortune from the likes of Google/Microsoft.

      Fuck u/spez