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It's so nice to see them all growing, but this is just the truth, sorry. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a mobile app for Reddit on my phone, you know when I used it last? 9 months ago when I was sitting in a waiting room waiting for an oil change. Every other time when I'm away from the computer I'm doing non-fucking-computer things.

This guy's whole shtick was to make enough money to quit his day job, so he wrote a wrapper around someone else's content using their free API. "Oh he did it all by himself, that's amazing!" It's really not, especially if you'd rather not share the subscription profits with other employees.

The FOSS alternatives? Done by guys with day jobs. They're passion projects. I can respect that.

But you lot, who will drop to your knees the minute the guy wants to repeat his shtick now that Reddit kicked him to the curb? Zero respect at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Wrote a wrapper". Oh, is that all? It's just that easy, huh?

Then why can none of these FOSS apps deliver the same experience, if Dawson is such an untalented hack?

You either have no clue of what you're talking about, or you're a troll. From my perspective, there is no substantive difference. If it's such an easy shtick, the do it yourself, and do a better job. Put up, or shut up. Nobody asked for your respect, and I'm certain you know precisely where you can shove it.