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Reddit recently announced changes to their APIs pricing and features that will probably lead to the abandonment of most third-party Reddit clients. Users of tho

Reddit recently announced changes to their APIs pricing and features that will probably lead to the abandonment of most third-party Reddit clients. Users of those clients are upset. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_few_calls_with_reddit_today_about_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_fe...

turzmo 4y ago
Gotcha, thanks
LegitShady 4y ago
but lets say they're upset enough to leave - where will they go en masse that replaces reddit?
- ant6n 4y ago
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- exsf0859 4y ago
  I doubt they'll go anywhere en masse. They'll probably just grudgingly use the official clients. Possibly with browser plugins to customize the UI.
- KoftaBob 4y ago
  Maybe I'll build a link sharing/discussion site like Reddit but on Nostr...hmm
- local_crmdgeon 4y ago
  TikTok is eating the world. It's already completely consumed instagram.
  - LegitShady 4y ago
    tiktok does not fulfill the same role reddit does. People can already choose to go on tiktok if they want - it doesn't replace reddit in any way.
bink 4y ago
Can someone provide a tl;dr that specifically explains why this is going to harm the site? I know there were some communications problems with third party clients, but from my reading of the announcement it just sounds like they're going to start enforcing their previously documented but unenforced API rate limits on free accounts and they're providing a service to charge for bulk access. What else is changing that has everyone upset? The developers commenting from the big clients such as Apollo didn't seem to provide any info on if/how their clients would be broken. I didn't even see any comments suggesting the clients would break. It's mostly just anger about the opacity of the announcement. I understand people being wary, especially in light of how Twitter changed their API years ago, but I'd love some more concrete info and specific complaints about this change in particular.

turzmo 4y ago

Gotcha, thanks

LegitShady 4y ago

but lets say they're upset enough to leave - where will they go en masse that replaces reddit?

ant6n 4y ago
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exsf0859 4y ago
I doubt they'll go anywhere en masse. They'll probably just grudgingly use the official clients. Possibly with browser plugins to customize the UI.
KoftaBob 4y ago
Maybe I'll build a link sharing/discussion site like Reddit but on Nostr...hmm
local_crmdgeon 4y ago
TikTok is eating the world. It's already completely consumed instagram.
- LegitShady 4y ago
  tiktok does not fulfill the same role reddit does. People can already choose to go on tiktok if they want - it doesn't replace reddit in any way.

bink 4y ago

Can someone provide a tl;dr that specifically explains why this is going to harm the site? I know there were some communications problems with third party clients, but from my reading of the announcement it just sounds like they're going to start enforcing their previously documented but unenforced API rate limits on free accounts and they're providing a service to charge for bulk access. What else is changing that has everyone upset? The developers commenting from the big clients such as Apollo didn't seem to provide any info on if/how their clients would be broken. I didn't even see any comments suggesting the clients would break. It's mostly just anger about the opacity of the announcement. I understand people being wary, especially in light of how Twitter changed their API years ago, but I'd love some more concrete info and specific complaints about this change in particular.