It was bound to happen. When the pressure became too great, it backfired and had the opposite effect. I mean, I call it pressure, but of course, you can always refuse to tip. I read last year about how tipping culture in America changed. The question “Does everything require a tip?” kept popping up, and I really think all that led to where we are now.

I wasn’t aware of this, when did it start? So far, it has never happened to me not to be able to view reddit threads

Same here. Maybe it partly has to do with age, but definitely not only. I get super nostalgic about very few things - this game is one of them.

I agree, people don’t really pay attention or bother to read about stuff like How to check if a QR code is safe. Honestly, I’ve been dealing with QR codes for quite a while, and I still occasionally spend time looking things up, reading about quishing, and whatever new scam/term appears.