The same thing is true about the transformer laptop that was posted on here a bunch but people seemingly loved that despite the steep price for what it was.
I was originally in this camp from the very underwhelming launch it had. Now though, they've spent 7 years actually completing the game they started and beyond and its definitely worth the money. Incredibly, all of the content you see in the video is included in the base game, there's no paid DLCs at all despite the years of work that's gone into it now.
I think a lot of people here are apathetic towards anything Reddit related ultimately and you'd need a lot of engagement with Reddit for it to happen. Or bots, which is what half of the big participants in the last one used anyway.
I wouldn't mind someone botting a little Lemmy advertisment though.
However, be aware of its massive shortcomings and once you begin to feel the bite of the horrendous cash store be prepared to ditch it and move on. At a certain point it's just a disappointment considering how great it could be if they weren't trying to nickel and dime you constantly (and it's far more than a nickle or dime too).
What you're witnessing in real time is why "just creating your own subreddit" rarely worked. You can't compete with an overwhelming existing userbase being told to go to their alternative that they control, it doesn't matter what was first or better either.
It's the hype from Cryptobros pushing it because it has crypto functionally and its own shitcoin.
Personally, I never liked how it wants to monetize your browsing time constantly and pushes a lot of crypto shit in its advertising. Vivaldi is much better as an alternative imo.
Absolutely I think this is the end goal. They've accidentally discovered something that might actually give them value to investors (training AI) and they want to lock down that value so they can finally IPO, get rich and live happily ever after.
Me as well.