Ha ha ha! Spez is really pushing it.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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They really scared about Lemmy? Being so blatant about this shit... I have learned the following:
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They do not like subreddits going NSFW it makes them no money. I for one welcome all furries and rule 34 artwork to Reddit.
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They do not like people promoting Lemmy, any kind of competition gets them trying every tactic they can muster, playing all their cards now.
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They do not like people deleting or removing data from Reddit. You know what would suck? A GDPR deletion request... That would be a real damn shame. No data to sell then lol
All these points are correct imo
They do not like people deleting or removing data from Reddit. You know what would suck? A GDPR deletion request... That would be a real damn shame.
Don't tempt me, lol.
Thatβs how I left Twitter. GDPR request for a full copy of all my content. Then a GDPR request to delete account.
https://thomashunter.name/posts/2023-06-19-how-to-delete-reddit-account-gdpr-ccpa
Looks like it's not that easy
I just want to add that as a European citizen you also have a right to get a copy of all your data, and an explanation how and when this data has been used.
Also, I'm pretty sure that their response "you first have to delete your comments manually" does not comply with EU guidelines.
As a European it is an option for me
Read the update at the bottom. Reddit doesn't seem to want to comply with the requests. I guess you could use a deletion script.
Then they are in breach of GDPR regulations. If they don't comply I could see some serious fines heading their way
Wouldn't they have to have some sort of presence in the EU? If all of their operations are US based (I don't know if they are or not), can the EU really do anything about it?
They serve people in the EU so they absolutely have to comply. If you have EU citizens on your website then EU GDPR regulations apply to you.
I have done enough GDPR compliance training to make me want to gouge my own brain out but I guess it came in handy lol
Suppose Reddit tells them to go away. What are they going to do about it?
In my case, I could go to the ICO and register a complaint with them if you live in Europe then you can try this page: https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/our-role-supervisor/complaints_en
Outside of Europe, the UK and California you probably won't have much luck to be honest, as they do not legally have to comply with you if you are not a citizen of any of those places.
As for if Reddit tells the EU to go away, that is suicide, whilst 49% of users are in the USA the rest of the 51% are everywhere else, that would be a very bad look for investors if the website was blocked in Europe and it would look especially bad for the company to be fined for gdpr non-compliance. So they would be in worse not to comply... Not to mention the loss in ad revenue. Nobody wants to serve ads when only half the site is going to see them. USA won't be much affected but anyone in the EU will.
They could also increase the fine, and if they still refuse to pay, sue them and seize assets. Either way, a massive headache
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I am ALL for this!! I was a sync pro user for years!! Miss that app now that I'm done with reddit.
Sync was Reddit for me.
Reddit dies in my mind when Reddit Sync is no more (I'm gonna patch it with revanced)
If Sync lives on in Lemmy, that's gosh dang amazing
Jerboa is cool and all, but it's no Sync :)
Jerboa is ... Ok. But using it made me realize how used I am too Sync and the way it works, looks, and feels. So I'm really happy Sync might live on!
And as Reddit had shown, good 3rd party applications determine a lot of the viability of a platform.
Couldn't agree more!! I'd absolutely love to have sync back!
Let's be patient with this and not give him a hard time. For those of you who haven't used Sync before, there was a major update a while back which caused strong emotions from many people and caused the developer to take a hiatus. Please be patient and kind and the result will be worth it!
which caused strong emotions from many people and caused the developer to take a hiatus.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I used it just some months ago and discovered the best thing ever, care to explain the drama?
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Reddit says r/SyncForLemmy is an unreviewed sub and that I should open it in their app.
Lmao what? They can't even stick to their deadline and need to expedite the inconvenience?
I'm guessing it's because it contains the word Lemmy.
Woo! I may actually spend more time on the Fediverse. I was a RiF user, but I'll happily pay for Sync and spend more time here too.
Yes! This is great news. Used sync pro for years. Top app and developer.
give me relay for lemmy and i'm set
I used Sync for years before I moved to iPhone. I would love to get back into Sync, I'm all for this!
Man this news really made my day. Sync for life!
Now I just need RIF for lemmy. Multiple fediverse accounts ie lemmy and kbin on one feed?
It should be called LIF.
Lemmy Is Funner
Hell yes! Sync was my reddit app of choice, and I will for sure migrate to this full time once it is out!
Oh god, the loss of Sync was legitimately the straw that broke reddit's back for me. I would instantly pay Laurence for this
this is the way
Huzzah! I had only just voted earlier today in the sync subreddit for a lemmy app and already @ljdawson@lemmy.world is on the case. You rock dude!
Just hooked up messaging and username mentions.
Cheers!
really excited for this. for me the death of sync is the death of reddit so sync for lemmy means lemmy is my new home.
Is this going to work for Kbin or do I need a lemmy account?
+1 to this, would rather the app supports logging into a fediverse server instead of just lemmy
Lemmy, kbin, Mastodon, Misskey, Pleroma, Friendica... They all use different APIs, and those APIs need to be supported separately by developers if they want their app to be compatible with all of them.
ernest is talking about changing the kbin API to be more in line with lemmy's, which would allow apps made for lemmy to also work with kbin, but they wouldn't, for instance, work with (or possibly even know about) kbin's microblogging feature.
Would it be closed source?
Good app, but with many trackers, and it wouldn't work without Google services one day (anti piracy measure?).
I'd presume so based on reddit sync (monitization primarly from ads and iap). Apollo's dev at one point made another app (primarly for killing amp links) that was paid and open sourced it, however he had issues with low effort copycats.
https://github.com/christianselig/Amplosion
The bright side of a closedsource app is in certain cases it can encourage faster development since the dev can work on it part/fulltime (idk how syncs revenue worked).
To be clear the post above is my personal view (I could be completly wrong).
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