Reddit now blocks all search engines other than Google following 'misuse'

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3 points·_e1gw··6 comments

I'm not sure I even care. Reddit has long been a cesspool, anything that was useful on there has since replicated to other channels (and usually in a much more consumable format), the subs are now all echo chambers, the site is gruelingly slow, and any network effects I personally had have all gone because all my friends have bailed.

To quote Rocky IV: "if he dies, he dies".

Headline deception

Let's be real here. Google paid Reddit big money and Reddit is giving them special access by blocking Googles competition.

Looks like more big tech monopolistic behavior to me.

It's not really monopolistic if the same offer is extended to other, smaller companies: https://openai.com/index/openai-and-reddit-partnership/

Then duopolistic.

Why are you defending big tech companies?

Because the claim is that they're monopolizing data they own contractually, when they're offering it as a service to other businesses too. Say what you want about Twitter's death spiral, but their $100,000/month API is an equal-opportunity offering.

Is it shitty, exploitative, barrel-scraping nonsense that has no place in the industry? Sure, another bump on the proverbial log. Is it monopolistic? No, it's cynically hegemonic.

Are you arguing that Google doesn't hold a monopolistic position in the Search Space? or are you trying to precisely define my usage of the term?

Regardless, Google is playing bully with money and power that the rest of the search engines don't have(ex:Bing).

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