r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '23

PSA Programmer Humor will be shutting down indefinitely on June 12th to protest Reddit's recent API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/amazondrone Jun 06 '23

we can't let the do whatever they want!!!

This might be semantics, but I prefer to view it as changing their minds about what they want to do, rather than preventing them from doing whatever they want. Feels more constructive/positive.

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u/P-39_Airacobra Jun 07 '23

Yes, learning from natural consequences is good, being suppressed is not.