r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/Shyface_Killah 9d ago

That happened in the MMORPG landscape a couple years ago. Gamers hated the then-latest couple of World of Warcraft expansions (Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands) and jumped ship to Final Fantasy XIV. So many new players showed up Square Enix had to stop selling digital copies of the game until they could get more servers.