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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public (techcrunch.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lots of venture capital money behind it. I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

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[+] -7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

This is quite toxic attitude. You should focus on what's good for you - not what's bad for someone else.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I don't agree. We're not talking about a person or a charity. We're talking about a VC-backed company. They can fuck off and die, and it's not toxic – it's just common sense.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

    But two corporate entities competing are better than one secure in it's market share. Anyone with any sense would reject both for a fediverse option if it could be made to work well enough obviously but still.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Only marginally... maybe. Duopolies are still really shitty for consumers and that's the best outcome to this. Significantly better would be if more people would realise what made internet amazing in the beginning and that logical consequences from that are that public spaces in the internet where the content comes from the people should be owned by the people.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    But competition IS good for me.

    If people start migrating to better experience and better communities, they’re going to have to step up to stop the bleeding.

    Reddit can get away with making terrible user experiences and killing 3rd party solutions because no alternative has lured enough of their base away.

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