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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[-] MaajiB@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not money per se, but the oil of the 21st century: data.

I guarantee it's primarily about improving their ability to harvest and sell user data.

[-] imbrucy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The native apps can gather so much more info than a website and they have to kill third party apps to force people to use the official client.

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