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RidcullyTheBrown @ RidcullyTheBrown @lemmy.world
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Is it really a mass exodus? And is it really a mass exodus to lemmy?

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  • By the next time Reddit messes up, and they will, the next batch of escapees will find a much more fleshed out set of alternatives, which will make leaving there and staying here easier. Rinse, wash and repeat.

    I don't think that even matters from a business point of view. Even if people aren't leaving, the problem is that Reddit is not a place new people see as valuable after all the bad press. If they don't grow, they fail.

    • I think Threads is just a bit too invasive

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  • Not really. They get money when you click on them. They don't get anything for displaying it. That's the whole point of having targeted ads, it increases the chance of interacting with them.

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  • Yes! Support through call centers has been notoriously hard to get right. It requires a lot of employees, it is really hard to scale with demand and it can push customers away if it is not working well. And on top of this, the people working in them are among the least satisfied employees.

    If this can be automated away somehow, everyone wins.

    • Ford Fiesta: production ends of UK’s all-time bestselling car

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  • This is interesting:

    "That’s because there isn’t much margin in small, cheap cars any more. Right now, Fiesta isn’t viable, and the same will be true for other brands.[...]"

    I wonder why. Are young people not buying cars anymore?

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  • That was the answer I got years back when I complained to support about this. There might be other reasons too, of course

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  • As far as I remember, it is implemented like that because they have to allow Bluetooth mouse or keyboard to bring the machine out of sleep. It malfunctions sometimes when you connect non-apple things to it.

    • Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down

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  • They’re only good if they pass the savings of not having to pay a person to ring up your groceries onto you

    I'm with the other person on this one. Self checkouts have really reduced the queues where I live. They're much more compact than the cash registers and the shop near me basically doubled its cash register capacity because of them. I rarely have to wait in a queue these days.

    Tesco even has a scan as you shop service which is really convenient. You get a barcode scanner before you start shopping, then scan all products you want to buy and place them directly in your bags. At the checkout, you scan a barcode attached to the checkout machine, it prompts you to pay, you pay and leave. All your things are already bagged.