zombiepete

joined 1 year ago
[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The industry was terrible but there were lots of good phones out there. The Samsung BlackJack was a pretty awesome device, and HTC was making some pretty compelling devices for Windows Mobile. Then the BlackBerry, of course, was a great device in a lot of ways too; very functional given the limitations of a hardware keyboard.

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Android hamburger menu doesn’t feel right in a native iOS app

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Think of it as killing two birds with one stone: they monetize users by getting AI firms to pay for all the valuable content redditors have posted over the years, and they kill off app competitors who are giving redditors alternatives to the mobile app.

That’s really all it’s about.

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This will be when the true test for Reddit begins; if the outcry is large enough that spez ends up relenting in some way then he will have already alienated a lot of users. If the outcry is minimal then I guess he won, but the prize hardly seems worth the drama that has been spun up.

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Boy, me too. Completely news to me; I am getting old! 😂

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I agree; Discord is great for voice chatting, but I can’t follow conversations in there. Maybe I’m getting too old but it’s not a style that I think is a natural evolution from Reddit.