wave_walnut@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoTwitter's latest user-unfriendly move requires an account just to readwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: android@lemmy.link
arrow-up1295arrow-down1external-linkTwitter's latest user-unfriendly move requires an account just to readwww.androidpolice.comwave_walnut@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: android@lemmy.link
In an unforeseen turn of events, Twitter has decided to test user patience by cloistering tweets behind a sign-in wall
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-21 year agoExtra traffic that their infrastructure can’t handle since he fired all the people that knew how. Like reddit, he also probably sees it as losing millions of dollars for data he wants to be paid for. So losing money from degraded services and losing potential money from data being taken. What’s worth more - the loss of ad revenue from walled login, or the loss of potential revenue selling the data
Extra traffic that their infrastructure can’t handle since he fired all the people that knew how.
Like reddit, he also probably sees it as losing millions of dollars for data he wants to be paid for.
So losing money from degraded services and losing potential money from data being taken.
What’s worth more - the loss of ad revenue from walled login, or the loss of potential revenue selling the data