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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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[-] altz3r0@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think the point we need to get from this is: they get to keep their ad machine and pretty numbers, but we get an influx of like-minded people to the alternative social media. To me that's a win win situation.

Next timez the wave will be bigger, and so on.

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