kingthrillgore

Earlier this year we saw an increase in the number of reports we received about some people using our service in ways that we cannot tolerate. To be more clear, this was not about some people merely saying things that others disliked.

Let me translate this into a language we can understand: We got some mean letters about CSAM and are reactively responding to it

TPM actually provides some useful components to isolate encryption outside of Ring 0, which is a trust win. But any technology must be weighted against its power to oppress.

There goes my hopes dashed

What really told me that reddit was squandering its revenue sources was when they shuttered redditgifts two years ago. Maybe there were issues behind the scenes, but they had commissions from the storefront and from elves, and something reddit has never been particularly good at: Good publicity. And instead of figuring out how to make it profitable, they just killed it.

They didn’t even bother to answer questions why.

It was at that moment I knew the current leadership was rudderless, and now everyone’s finally come around to it.

The option they should have gone for was to put the onus of 3PA on users: Either you pay for reddit premium or you use the app. This would have worked out more and I absolutely would pay a fair price to keep using Boost. This is what they should have done.

But, they didn’t. And then offered a tight window, and that’s why we’re here.