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Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits (mashable.com)
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Finally it seems the end of Reddit is near.

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[โ€“] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think we ever really had a choice

[โ€“] breecher@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Indeed. With our current system it was only a matter of time. As soon as the internet became a default thing which everyone needed to access just to function in their daily lives, it would of course be subjected to the exact same exploitative mechanisms that the non-internet part of our lives have suffered from since the dawn of history.