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Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark (www.pcmag.com)

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'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

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[-] PurrJPro@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

All your points are very true, unfortunately. It just saddens me seeing companies hurt the very community that even allowed them to rise to popularity

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Allowed them to rise is an understatement. The content and the value comes from users alone. Reddit itself is his a shell without them. Even the moderation happens through the users. I don't know what will happen to Reddit, but I do hope it will be painful for spez.

[-] PurrJPro@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I care less for what happens to the website and more what happens to the users. Having a website where you build and found such large communities fuck you over like this must be heartbreaking

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