No, it’s because WhatsApp was free at a time where SMS were not (you might have a few included in your plan, but you couldn’t rely on that)

For me, it has gone to normal. All the subreddits I frequented are open and populated with the exception of one which has been permanently privated, but not to protest.

Wow, that’s awful. I just use Firefox mobile + Adblock, which isn’t very nice to reddit, but at least allows a somewhat decent experience - except for missing features like /r/Subreddit/comments, for which you have to go in Desktop mode.

On Android, I was not able to install it using Firefox (Button was there, but clicking it did nothing), but was using Google Chrome.

Sure? https://www.tiktok.com/@gorillatiks/video/7198564696293657862

They aren’t exactly worth nothing. If you have too low karma (in a subreddit), your comments will be hidden etc. I uttered an unpopular opinion in a sub once, got downvoted to oblivion for it, and since then every single one of my comments is hidden. You always need to carefully judge how many unpopular opinions you can say in a subreddit until your karma falls below the threshold.

Wow, thanks, that helps a lot!

Thanks, that helps me for this. Is this a general way? So I don’t put it into any search bar, but just write https://lenny.world/c/(everything without !) or is the emulation community a special case?