• seiryth
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    1 year ago

    The outrage has a few different angles, but one key theme is that Reddit weren’t exactly forthcoming with specifics around pricing information until very recently, leaving 3rd party Devs little time to negotiate a better price or actually develop the changes required to play along.

    Yes, Reddit should be able to charge for their API, as a commercial business. But it’s the approach taken, the short self imposed timelines and artificial pressures applied that have angered the Devs, taking the apps offline and upsetting the users

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      1 year ago

      It seems pretty obvious that they are trying to push out 3rd party apps, just like all the other platforms are doing. I understand why the devs are fuming, but I don’t particularly care TBH. Besides the fact that we don’t know what those devs are doing with our location + sensor data they are constantly collecting, they were always running on borrowed time. They made their money, now it’s time to pivot to something else, like any other business.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I agree. The strategy is definitely to shut down apps, or make a killing on the ones that do stay.

        What this should also signal to Reddit in general is that their app needs a lot to get to the usability and loyalty gained from 3rd party.