Social network Reddit recently began blocking mobile visitors to its website while pushing them to download the official Reddit app, and it's fair to say that the move is not going down well with users. If you visit reddit.com on your iPhone today, you may see a new popup that can't be dismissed, asking you to "get the app to keep using Reddit".
Because there is an actual user base for niche interests. Lemmy is great but doesn’t have nearly enough users to support communities for a lot of topics.
Lemmy is great and that’s the only place I’m posting.
But yeah, if I’m looking for a past conversation on a niche topic, I’ll probably find something to read on reddit.
Especially hyper local communities.