this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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Personally, I think this was a terrible decision and I think it's abundantly clear you will lose users for this. I used this as the reason to self host my own instance. Good luck.
Of course they will lose users. They will lose the users that would otherwise get them sued. Pretty sure they are okay with the trade-off.
I welcome their departure. It's the mutually agreeable and civil option here. They want piracy. I want LW to remain a place for nuance and that recognizes the intricacies of topics.
I just physically cringed