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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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[-] Paper_Luigi@beehaw.org 23 points 2 years ago

Nobody asked Reddit to start hosting images and videos. If you want to turn a profit, maybe stop doing that? I think Spez comes out as very despicable in this whole situation.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Doubly so considering it was a redditor That started imgur specifically to handle this. It was a completely self-inflicted wound.

[-] OldIndianMonk@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

And imgur charges Apollo's dev $166 for the same amount of load reddit asked $20m for

[-] hydrosan@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

They want to own it all without 3rd parties

[-] super_king@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I paid $5 once for a lifetime of ad free Reddit. I probably have a negative net value to them. I imagine they have only a few outcomes for a user like me:

the app I use stays with Reddit, and I generate some income via their new pricing model
I switch to Reddit official app, maybe even pay for ad free
I leave altogether, and become a 0 instead of a negative

[-] Kapitel42@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

If you engaged with content on the regular you were most likely not a net negativ. Never forget that the content we create is what makes the plattform valuable. Without content no users, without users no add and no moneys

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