Notice there is only 1 full headline (from /r/NoStupidQuestions) visible, it doesn't even show the full post. There are 3 of those "trending" boxes but only 2 of those even fit their headlines because they are like 3 words long, they cut off anything longer including the description
I originally became addicted to Reddit because of how streamlined it was to skim dozens of headlines and pick from lots of content, seems they have decided content is not something they want to provide anymore :/
They had a chance to be better than the rest and give us...a way to pay for what we liked
You wouldn't have paid. No one would have paid. It's as simple as that. People are happy to pay with their data and their attention, but not with their money, which is why they forced everyone onto their first-party app where they can mine your data and push notifications to keep you engaged, all while ensuring you're forced to look at their ads.
Not to mention charging AI companies money to mine the information you've contributed to their platform that they were previously bypassing via the API.
