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They claim they are committed to supporting that free API[1]. And if they kill it, it would also kill all those reddit bots. There would be a massive outrage si
by tokenizerrr 11y ago
They claim they are committed to supporting that free API[1]. And if they kill it, it would also kill all those reddit bots. There would be a massive outrage since many large subreddits rely on them for advanced automated moderation. There's AutoMod which they've integrated, but it's often not enough.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4dqxgt/reddit_mobile_apps/d1th4uf https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4dqxgt/reddi...
- kuschku 11y agoOr they could just limit it to 10 IPs per API key. Kills all 3rd party clients, but leaves bots.
- tokenizerrr 11y agoIf anyone can sign up for a bot API key, then anyone can sign up for a 3rd party client API key. It'd add a step or two, but still. Anyway, you don't need an API key at all currently. And they said they intend to support the current API.
- kuschku 11y agoThat’s what they said about Twitter, too. And suddenly Falcon Pro was limited to 100'000 users.