Hangouts was so close to perfect before they blew it all up.

Now I’m using a mix of Chat and Voice and it’s terrible for everyone. Voice doesn’t even support RCS from what I can tell, and all my messages with iPhone users are full of reactions. It’s so annoying. I’ve had the same Google Voice number for over a decade, why is this so frustrating?

I feel like I’ve seen enough to say that this is likely real and you are probably correct. I’m struggling to figure out how to prepare for this though. Are there companies or industries that we should be investing in or something?

Florida? Been here most of my life and I just assume they’re in any body of water. They’re that common.

Lots of new, unique communities and the occasional titty? I’m sold.

I ran into this as well and honestly just can’t believe it. Like, this is something my grandparent would think might happen and I’d laugh at how silly it is. Yet here we are.

I get that, and respect it very much. You care about others and the community you’ve helped create. But Reddit is now actively exploiting that care for their own profit. Reddit draws value from your community and the advice it offers others. If that advice is poor then yes, people will suffer, but that’s on Reddit for allowing this all to happen how it has, not you.

Exactly. And it’s driving me crazy how many mods are caving. Like, I get that you care about the community and want it to continue on, but will it even be the same now that you know how little control you actually have? Will it survive the next insane, profit driven decision Reddit makes and refuses to negotiate on? Just rip the band-aid off now like /r/interestingasfuck and others did and let them remove you. We’ve seen that they can’t actually replace what was lost, so let them try.

The developer originally said he could sustain a $3 a month subscription, but after checking the numbers for higher usage account he saw that it couldn’t really work.

From /u/DBrady

I’m still looking into it, gathering data etc. Unfortunately the average call rates when broken down to the top 2, 5, 10% etc of users is painting a much different picture. This is the cohort of users I would expect to possibly convert to a subscription model and the average rates for those users can be 3,4,5 even 600 hundred calls per day just by the shear amount they use the app. Some of the top users are well over 1000 per day and sometimes over 2000.

So I’m not sure yet. It would probably have to be a usage based subscription model if it was going to be anything and I’m not sure that’s worth doing. I am still looking into it but unfortunately I don’t think my earlier price points will work.

I’ve seen a few of these lately and it really is the best use so far. Bravo OP.

Oh it’ll happen. It’ll just be boring as shit.

EDIT: And cringe. Soooooo cringe.

Seeing a lot of comments about them “abandoning the community” and it makes my blood boil. These people have worked for free for years and all they’ve gotten for it is more and more headaches. Reddit has shown what the future looks like for everyone on the platform. It’s authoritarian control from the dumbest motherfuckers you can imagine. Why keep investing time in that? They didn’t abandon the community,Reddit did. Moving on is the only option.

The first part of your username had me thinking you were wrong, but the last part checks out.

No

I like this idea, or a modification of it. Keeps this space fresh and active while keeping the focus on OC.

Agreed. All of the comments against the protests on Reddit kind of give it away in how little they seem to actually understand how Reddit works and what made it great for so long. They see it as just another feed for them to browse and not a community to foster and participate in. Lemmy feels so great in comparison.

For real though. I hope the former Reddit 3rd party app devs know how much the community supports them. They deserve it too, after how they’ve been treated. Just be open with any pricing concerns and my wallet is ready.

I propose that we replace the phrase “hoisted by your own pitard” with “sunk by your own submarine.” Feels more modern and less like my wife will laugh at me whenever I say it.