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No, this won't kill Reddit. If they can essentially remove every third-party app, they'll easily be able to start selling user data. Whether we like it or not, the majority stayed on Reddit.
Nothing short of somehow breaking through ad blockers like Twitch did will make people stop using it, even if that.
The fight may not be over though.
Where people didn't really care about an API change for third party apps, they may care a lot more about having ads shoved in their faces whether they like it or not.
It's all about breakings their inertia to change.
People en mass make "economic" decisions. If they view an alternative such as lemmy as too difficult to use, or their communities are not here they will rather tolerate the ads. Learning to use a new app or having to start the community themselves is too much effort for most people.
If there are still Facebook and Twitter users, of which we know there are, nothing will kill Reddit.
However, I'll say I'm someone not good at change but am agoraphobic, so my only "connection" was Reddit, and I finally gave in and deleted for good.
Still getting used to this platform, but hopefully can find less toxic users here. Social media seems to be made special for bullies.
It's a pretty great place. Glad you're here.
I think I will be okay as long as there is content on Lemmy
Thanks for bringing up Twitch. I'm one of the folks who quit using the site after the ad block changes. Did an alternative ever come along?
Alternate twitch player.
Can you offer some examples?
Xtra for android. You can find it on F-Droid
Is there an alternative on PC? I usually watch Twitch on my computer
I think Reddit can die easier than say facebook though, because people don't use it as a social network. If you have irl friends/family that's only on facebook you can't really leave. That's not the case for Reddit, as soon as another site has similar content to offer there's nothing really keeping people except lazyness