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📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’ve been a Reddit user for many years. It was a great run but I’m moving here. For now I’m missing quit a few favorite communities but that should improve with time.

lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

That's a bummer but it is good to know.

Personal collection of Piracy related links in c/piracy@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I agree, it's great.

Reddit has permanently suspended my account for supporting Lemmy. in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

All hail Lemmy. I really hope it gets the critical mass it needs after these shenanigans.

How the web became unreadable in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

I worked for a startup in the 90s, pre-enshittification, that wanted to empower micropayments on the web. Obviously, even when mostly "frictionless", users rejected the concept. Capitalism is going capitalize, but this is also the fault of users who demand "free".

FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

RARBG clone launches: NQ-RARBG in c/piracy@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah that is a real issue. I strongly agree.

Why did you join lemmy? in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] nhgeek@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I've had my eye on it for a while. Now that Reddit is getting super corporate anticipating their IPO, now may be its moment.