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YawningAngel
on June 16, 2023
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Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taki...
The price reddit is charging for API access seems much higher than the value to Reddit of the ads that are being blocked by the client using that API.
cornholio
on June 16, 2023
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I agree, they are clearly eying data access as a revenue source and company moat, and position themselves for the AI boom. But even a much smaller fee would have killed 3rd party clients, and they needed to do that anyway.
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