I was using i.reddit.com during this period. The default mobile website was completely unusable.

Of course, they recently removed i.reddit.com, similar to the third party apps. They achieved the desired user growth and are now transitioning into the aggressive monetization phase.

Good luck making money off of me while I’m using Lemmy instead of Reddit.

At this point in time, reddit cares about numbers, not competency. It doesn’t matter If a sub (or the entire site) degrades over time, as long as IPO numbers are maximized so they can cash in.

I was expecting some humility, admission of faults and an olive branch.

Instead, the CEO just doubled down and comes to the AMA with canned, smug responses. What a joke.

I commend the shutdown but if things get out of hand reddit admins will take over the popular subs. They won’t let a prime sub get shut down by mods.

Reddit is losing it’s most precious users: power users, technical users, veteran users, etc

Open sourcing won’t do much because the value of reddit are its users, not the code.

They would have to join the fediverse to rebuild to trust but of course there is 0% chance of that because their focus is $$$.

I agree with you that the feeling of no keymaster if very liberating.

Spot on. Lemmy is how the Internet was supposed to be.

Charging for APIs is not the problem, the problem is the deceitful, smug and bad faith approach to it.

Same. Using Lemmy is like a breath of fresh air.

Same. Their values, attitude and disregard for users is the problem.