Hacker News·3 min read·medium
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
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The author criticizes Reddit's recent changes to its platform, specifically the restriction of plain HTML access, which impacts users of older frontends and privacy-focused tools. The piece frames these changes as part of a broader trend of platforms prioritizing data extraction for AI training over user experience.
If you don't know Reddit, it basically is the host of many popular forums. And like any company which encourages you to "come for the cats [and] stay for the empathy," Reddit seems to be in the business of extracting as much value as it can from said forums without completely destroying them.
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