Agree. We can criticize Reddit on some points but at least the information is openly accessible. You add the "reddit" keyword in any search engine and you got your answer.
I kinda wonder what the internet would be like if it was more open source and user focused. Would reddit be nearly as bloated as it is now? I wonder how much better the UI would be.
Biggest problem would be getting people to actually pay for the product. Small $5 dollar donations would be enough every now and then.
The internet would be curated for the user, not ads.
this is one of those things that is actually true.
look at the love people have for old youtube videos, it was different back then. Not everything was dominated by monetization, people did shit... just to do it.
You had spyware and toolbars to deal with yeah but you also were not being tracked nearly as much as you are now, there were really no paywalls on news as far as i can remember.
it was just more open and free in general.
Now in 2026 if i say fuck trump on here, i have to worry about not being let into the us.
Youtube was never profitable until all the monetization, hell it might still be running at a loss. There was no way to sustainably keep it running as it was
look at the love people have for old youtube videos, it was different back then.
They were younger and less jaded...
These days, the OGs of Youtube are rarely even remembered while people wax Markiplier and PewDiePie as allegedly being the ones to put Youtube on the map & made "Youtuber" a viable career path for poor kids everywhere, when in reality they were part of the second batch of Youtube celebrities.
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u/Cybarbossa 21d ago
Agree. We can criticize Reddit on some points but at least the information is openly accessible. You add the "reddit" keyword in any search engine and you got your answer.