One of the reasons why I strongly dislike AI is because of what it did to Reddit.

Reddit helped me so much in navigating life. I learned so many life skills from that site, and I still use it to find great places to visit while traveling (since many travel sites are heavily SEO-optimized and locals tend to not post on TripAdvisor).

These days, between the API price increase killing third-party clients and Reddit doubling-down on AI (read: astroturfing, trolling and FUD at unprecedented scale) in the pursit of profit, I feel extremely conflicted about using the site despite using it through libreddit proxies.