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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nocnoc@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the damn is happening to the internet lately?!

[–] m3adow@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

Enshittification left and right. Prime capitalism.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be honest, the way Telegram does it is fine. I guess most of the users didn't need the feature anyway

[–] ErwinLottemann@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the subscription not even available everywhere... 🤷🏻

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Even better, no need to think about sub if you can't sub in the first place

[–] resurrexia@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

At least I don’t need to pay to turn it off.

[–] Sharan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why can't we have simple messaging app built for privacy, with good call and video options? Maybe a few emojis would be cool as well.

[–] xodoh74984@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MeowdyPardner@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You can even use stories in signal, though I turned it off in settings and have forgotten since launch that it exists until this post reminded me.

[–] Sharan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Of course, avid user.

[–] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Because it's doesn't make enough money.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Telegram started that way but as they became so big, the process of Enshittification has now begin. It happens to all tech platforms that become too big.

Here is how platforms die: First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not that shitty yet, is it? The features they have paywalled seemed very niche

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No its still good, I agree. But just worth being aware they are trying to appeal to content creators now.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Sure, when they pull that off I'm off to Signal/Matrix

[–] Sharan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It has become pretty famous and made the word Enshittification pretty known in some circles. It's the perfect description of what we see around us now.

[–] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Good, I don't want them anyway.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

ZZZ I like it as they can monetise a feature I'll never use. Perfect and preferable

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Seems pointless without people being able to use it freely.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Can I pay a premium subscription to never see this feature?

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

I don't use Instagram and I read both this article and the linked telegram article and I still didn't see what it is.

Is it some kind of a photo album with selfies?

[–] Dewded@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a business savvy approach. You'll see people who want to make content and promote themselves on the platform subscribing.

[–] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

It's maybe a 1 month exclusive as I got a message stating that when I tried to upload a story

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