I think that every platform will reach sort of an equilibrium during its lifetime. That relative “plateau” may last for months, years or even longer than that, but I think it will always be reached after its peak.
imho the height of that peak and plateau speak to the overall popularity potential of the platform. Which is just that. A potential to attract masses. Whether maximizing this is a core goal is a different question.
I’d say monthly active looks pretty much stagnant. Of course we would all benefit from greater adoption.
For me it was spezgate that brought me to abandon reddit. Yes, a platform is only as valuable as its userbase. Someone else here boiled it down to “quality over quantity”. I don’t expect this to be the final verdict on the trend.
To me this is a lot like Linux vs Windows market share. Microsoft are currently doing everything in their power to enshittify Windows 11. But the endgame for a community first product like Linux isn’t to promote itself better towards potential switchers. People need to make that switch themselves.
The big tech product will probably always “win” in terms of adoption, even if it is inferior in terms of its own merits. At the end of the day nobody wants to be Microsoft (reddit) in this analogy. And Apple (bsky) isn’t that much better.
Couldn’t say it any better. If stagnant popularity is what is necessary to stay unattractive for botnets and bad actors I personally am all for it.
He definitely gets his “digest” of stuff that’s not Fox. If reality doesn’t fit, it gets warped. Like Portland being a burning hellhole. But if reality fits the bill of retaliation then theres nothing that’s beyond their radar. Like obviously he doesn’t watch Canadian TV, much less their political ads. But his sycophants are gonna do pretty much anything to be/get/stay in dear leader’s good graces. Including reading.
I get that. Maybe the irony is lost on me because I have yet to see Microsoft make an effort towards something that an end user would care about. Windows playing Windows games worse than another operating system is entirely expectable.
I guess in that case it’s not irony but rather a shoddy job on Microsoft’s part as per.
That Pocket S Mini at the end of the video has me intrigued. March 2026 unfortunately. I think i will set a reminder for this.
We’ve been through this with Canonical when they tried to shove something into Ubuntu that would’ve only benefited them and nobody else. And I think this is the point. You’re suddenly not all about keeping the web free and open anymore. Suddenly this is a byproduct of your endeavors at best. And for anyone who does mind that shift you really have no other option but to switch to another browser. Today it may be just their beta-programme. Who knows about tomorrow.
We don’t delete our Xitter accounts because the core product has changed, we leave the platform because nothing good can come from morally bankrupt leadership. Comparing X and Mozilla in that regard might be a stretch, but like you said, “Mozilla has plenty of issues”, these don’t get talked about nearly enough.
I’ve tried recycling a USB-based 5-bay enclosure (which I previously used in hardware raid mode) for my unraid-based backup and even in that lower criticality use-case it was an absolute showstopper. Its kind of a shame that USB seemingly can’t be used this way. It would make redundant data storage so much more affordable.