FWIW, Gabe’s argument isn’t against subscriptions. The point in that quote is that legal access to content curbs piracy. Piracy will of course always exist, but there’s also customers that are willing to pay if is convenient and accessible.
My guess is that Lemmy is a new platform. The fediverse is also new to most people (myself included) and that leads to people genuinely replying to posts instead of trolling around.
They named their DVD service “Qwikster” at that time. Obviously it was a terrible idea and had to rebrand.
I have a full-time job and thankfully don’t need extra income. I try to relax and do things I enjoy when I’m not working.
Elon is a rich con artist.
I think the biggest issue is that u/spez thinks Reddit content is proprietary when it’s really a public forum.
Does it matter if Apple starts supporting RCS? If they start supporting it, they’ll still treat it like SMS - green bubbles and all.