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[-] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago

Can someone explain me this "Reddit API" thing?

[-] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Tldr They started charging 3rd party apps to use their API. The API that they had been using for ages and ages. They were shady about the timeline and their communication to devs was awful. So most 3rd party apps decided to end support as opposed to paying reddit.

Basically they wanted to make sure all users were seeing ads before their IPO.

I was a relay for reddit guy for ~10 years. Once the subscription update hit I uninstalled and moved to boost for lemmy.

[-] Aurix@lemmy.world 71 points 10 months ago

Not quite correct. They didn't start charging for API usage. They banned it and pretended it could be paid for with completely absurd prices nobody could reasonably afford.

[-] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Ah I was just commenting back on how the relay for reddit deal went.. that's even shittier of them.

I'm not surprised at all.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Yeah, the prices were around +20€ for normal usage, for each user a month. It was a per call cost and the devs would have to eat it if they didn't charge the users, so many rightfully jumped ship. Who in their right minds would pay more than 20 euros to fucking access reddit on their phone, per month? Yeah right, fk you too.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago

They also didn't allow the api to access all content, plus other limits so apps would have a neutered experience

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