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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 82 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Literally the only time I ever use reddit is if it is a google result(stopped after 3rd party ban).

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's what I was going to say. Nowadays I only end up on Reddit when a search points there, and only when all other options have led nowhere.

    Every time the Reddit browser experience is there to remind me why this is the last place I check.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Same here, and also only if the answer is important to me. If it doesn’t really matter whether I learn the answer, I’ll just move on. This could decimate their casual educational value, which used to be their greatest asset.

    They either have a revenue stream more valuable than that or this is a comically stupid thing to do.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yea, me too. I kinda wanna learn to stop doing that. It’s just, a lot of the times, that’s the only place where an answer is available.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    yup, especially obscure tech problems, or tech problems that started happening today because of an update (looking at you discord).

    I will forever remember the time when I spent a week talking with a dipshit miscrosoft support guy who insisted my entire brand new drawing tablet was broken, despite me telling him the problem was most likely in my laptop or windows itself and after giving up on that guy I went to reddit and had my issue diagnosed and solved in like 3 comments flat

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