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| why_skipirc [2026/08/23 23:43] – Updated based on subsequent events kufat | why_skipirc [2026/08/23 23:44] (current) – formatting kufat |
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| * __**Twitter:**__ Purchased by an extremist who laid off the bulk of its developers and is running it into the ground. | * __**Twitter:**__ Purchased by an extremist who laid off the bulk of its developers and is running it into the ground. |
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| * __**YouTube:**__ YouTube has continued to provide excellent and reliable service over the years. Unfortunately, they've needed to introduce more and more advertising to pay for it. They're now introducing unskippable ads that are thirty seconds long. ''%%(Updated June 29)%%'' YouTube has started implementing temporary bans for users who block ads. | * __**YouTube:**__ YouTube has continued to provide excellent and reliable service over the years. Unfortunately, they've needed to introduce more and more advertising to pay for it. They're now introducing unskippable ads that are thirty seconds long. **Update:** YouTube has started implementing temporary bans for users who block ads. |
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| * __**Reddit:**__ ''%%(updated June 1)%%'' Shortly after I wrote the original version of this essay, Reddit announced changes to their public API that has forced most third-party applications out of business. (They raised the cost to developers, forbidding advertising, and banning NSFW content. For the last of these, bear in mind that "NSFW" may apply to horror, not just pornographic images.) | * __**Reddit:**__ Shortly after I wrote the original version of this essay, Reddit announced changes to their public API that has forced most third-party applications out of business. (They raised the cost to developers, forbidding advertising, and banning NSFW content. For the last of these, bear in mind that "NSFW" may apply to horror, not just pornographic images.) |
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| * __**TikTok:**__ The official SCP Foundation Wiki account has been banned. We don't know why, and we haven't been able to contact an actual human about it. | * __**TikTok:**__ The official SCP Foundation Wiki account has been banned. We don't know why, and we haven't been able to contact an actual human about it. |
