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One surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use it (www.theverge.com)
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[-] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apps that make fewer than 100 queries per minute using OAuth authentication

This is what Reddit allows for free, why is Relay asking for 1$ when using 50 queries a day?

Edit: Nevermind, reddit apparently counts access against the app-id and not the logged in user. So this would only work if you could use your own app-id within Relay which isn’t possible.

[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Because Relay has a few thousand users.

[-] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I mean the user initiates the login flow and gets the token, why does it matter how many users Relay has?

In order to make requests to reddit's API via OAuth, you must acquire an Authorization token, either on behalf of a user or for your client

Maybe I am misunderstanding how API pricing for reddit works though. Do they count it against the app id and not the user?

[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Do they count it against the app id and not the user?

Yes, that.

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

The app has is own API, not for individual user.

They are averaging out the cost.

[-] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What? That doesn’t make any sense, why would they suddenly ask for payment to use their own API?

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Because they are paying Reddit for that API use, they won't be getting it for free.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

More like API Key I would say, still reddit API

[-] Baizey@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

They don't have their own api, but they have a shared api-key to reddit which all user requests would use

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