Reddit Tries to Get Users to Pay by Making App Icon Ugly : reddit

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Reddit Tries to Get Users to Pay by Making App Icon Ugly (9to5mac.com)

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[–] Machefi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if they only introduced the API changes to get rid of the aware users and make it easier to monetize the rest...?

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[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.film 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insane that on iOS you can't just change the icons to whatever you want

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[–] schmensch@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago

While we all hate reddit, them changing the app icon to make a reference to what used to be a fun event shouldn't be our main point.

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

That is genuinely funny.

[–] 0uterzenith@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This won't work on android because changing icon is trivial lmao

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[–] nihilist_hippie@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy fucking shit, spez is really pulling out all the stops isn't he? Fuck that guy.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Anyone brain dead enough to continue using that awful app is probably brain dead enough to pay for an icon.

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[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ahh the Free To Play playbook. Have to pay to not be frustrated. Ironically what Apple ushered in

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[–] ttyman_0386@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Wow. That’s just crazy.

They might get a few gullible suckers to pay up.

I would never pay for changing an ugly icon.

[–] BigMike@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was honestly the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I used to check reddit every now and then, but after this I just couldn't justify it to myself to use it. I used to post a lot of stuff, and I modded a relatively small community, but it just feels wrong to use it.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My man, your camel has a strong back

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago

Joke's on them I like retro logos

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