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If you use an extension like Honey, it will warn you that a product is available for lower price without Prime.
I feel Reddit could have easily come up with a model where the API usage gets tied to premium account and that decouples apps from API charges.
Reddit has now created a new problem for itself which is that a huge user base that previously didn't bother to look at third-party apps has suddenly become aware of third-party apps. So now, they will start bypassing Reddit's official apps that generate revenue for Reddit in favor of third-party apps that seemingly have a better UX and are ad-free.
I mean look at Twitter, since going private, the whole thing has been so clunky, but the parameters governing how well Twitter is doing are still hinging policies related free speech, user-abuse and content moderation.
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2...
With open source seeds, 1. The farmer knows that they there are no legal issues with using specfic seeds 2. The onus is on Seminis to prove that their seed is not a derivative of open-source seed, which means they have to file a lawsuit against a non-profit (hopefully well funded) instead of a lone farmer
This is the reason people take a more balanced approach where they split their investments in say a 70-30 or 90-10 ratio and put a smaller percentage in short term high risk - high return investment.
This is primarily due to cultural differences and presumptions that absence of law-enforcement(e.g. if there is no security guard at a gate, it is ok to go inside) means it is legal to do something stupid.