Yeah, the motivation was fairly straightforward. And it wasn’t just that one sub that was causing problems like that. There were other pretty shitty subs that created the same kind of liability for Reddit. It only made sense that they would eventually start hosting their own images, especially after they realize they could monetize it.
This isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s just what happened. And it was obvious to all of us exactly why it happened when it did.
Yeah Reddit needed to decide it should not be at the whim or mercy of some other service when there is a disagreement over content policy.
Yeah, the motivation was fairly straightforward. And it wasn’t just that one sub that was causing problems like that. There were other pretty shitty subs that created the same kind of liability for Reddit. It only made sense that they would eventually start hosting their own images, especially after they realize they could monetize it.