Post #3341685

2026-06-17 23:13 UTC

I predict it will be reminiscent to the migration to the threadiverse. Every now and then, we have seen Reddit make some stupid decision, and then we subsequently see a wave of new users migrate to Lemmy. Eventually, one day, I expect Reddit will make such a monumentally stupid decision that nearly everybody bails at once. That is like what I expect Linux growth to look like. A few waves now and then with each major release of Windows, with each major Microsoft data leak, with each pricing restructuring, etc. Then eventually, Microsoft makes a single fatal decision that causes nearly all remaining Windows users to finally give up hope and migrate.

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@tomalley8342@lemmy.world 2026-06-17 23:39

You can also take a look at twitter where only a negligible amount of people migrated to free alternatives, most of the people who wanted to migrate did so to another mainstream platform owned by a for-profit company, and most people didn’t actually care to migrate no matter what the platform owners did.

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@OwOarchist@pawb.social 2026-06-18 00:30

Then eventually, Microsoft makes a single fatal decision When they suddenly decide that you owe $10.99 per month to keep Windows working and will brick your PC if you don’t pay up.

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@morto@piefed.social 2026-06-18 02:17

If you look at fediverse monitoring stats, every new wave brings the total users to a very high peak, but then the users start decreasing steadily, like a capacitor discharging, until the next wave. It seems we depend on more waves to keep up with a reasonable number of people. It’s probably a similar pattern with linux. With the end of win10, if got to like 5%, but has been going down since then

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@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-18 03:15

Reddit is now popping up banners that take up literally half the page if you're browsing a thread. Half of the value of Reddit is that you can find answers to a lot of questions on there via Googling, and they're now killing that

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