Charlie Stross on Nostr: If Reddit's management weren't thick as a brick they'd have dealt with their ...
If Reddit's management weren't thick as a brick they'd have dealt with their third-party app "problem" by buying up the top ten third party apps (eg. Apollo), removing the ad-blocking, but giving it back to moderators.
That's how Amazon handled rival online discount/second-hand bookstores, eg. Book Depository and AbeBooks.
Sneaky, and nobody noticed until it was a fait accompli.
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