And the alternative to Lemmy is what? Viewing the same content of fifteen years reposted by a bot every once in a while, and having your discussion subverted by bad faith actors and bots?

I definitely don’t feel like using Reddit much anymore. Most of my time is spent in a particular programming subreddit to answer such fruitful questions as ‘what is a function’ next to master thesis-worthy posts, which is entertaining I guess.

Reddit said a long time ago there were no plans to change availability of the HTML version of the website, and I suppose now there are plans driven by unscrupulous shareholder interests.

The lion’s share of people are still on that platform, and those should be slowly nudged away from that burning garbage heap. It would be both tragic and hilarious at the same time if the mention of Lemmy caused the platform to ban you instantly.

You can practically feel the enshittification drip through your screen when you attempt to use VMWare Workstation for free (which they technically allow you to do).

They make you enter address and identification data when you try to download it. However, they don’t actually check whether any of that data is sound, so you can state your location is 42069 Jackoff Ville on the far side of the moon. Ask me how I know.