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I've done my best to research this and I'm unable to find any numbers on the matter besides one app developers miscalculation of 20 mio. for billions of request

by Genbox 3y ago

I've done my best to research this and I'm unable to find any numbers on the matter besides one app developers miscalculation of 20 mio. for billions of requests. I can however find official documentation that backs up what the admins are saying. The new Data API terms says they no long allow commercial use of their APIs and might implement a cost pr. request. It links to the Data API docs that says 60 req. pr. minute are free as long as it is non-commercial. I would think unofficial reddit apps goes under the non-commercial clause. To me it looks to be a complete overreaction by the Reddit community because of a miscommunication on parts of a single developer and the Reddit orgs too slow reaction to stop it from spreading.

axelthegerman 3y ago
> 60 req. pr. minute are free I don't think that will get a moderately used app very far. These limits would most likely be per API key and not per user
- renewiltord 3y ago
  Is there a reason a user can't just paste in their key into the client? That seems to be the right model.
- LawnGnome 3y ago
  It's going up to 100 req/m, but the new limit is indeed per key, not per user. (See https://old.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/ https://old.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_upda... for more detail.)
proamdev123 3y ago
Can you elaborate on where the miscalculation was in the Apollo dev’s math? The numbers he posted seem to add up.
austhrow743 3y ago
Why would third party reddit apps all under non-commercial?
themoonisachees 3y ago
I don't see how you expect 3rd party apps to stay below 60 r/m, that is abysmally low for anyone but a single user (even still, it'd be faster to scrape the website at that point). Third party apps have all requests made by every user use their one API key, not one key per user. Even so, third party apps aren't non-commercial, the devs want to get paid at some point. If it were a complete overreaction, all it would take is a single reddit admin going "he misunderstood, actually it's going to be x".

by Genbox 3y ago

axelthegerman 3y ago

> 60 req. pr. minute are free I don't think that will get a moderately used app very far. These limits would most likely be per API key and not per user

renewiltord 3y ago
Is there a reason a user can't just paste in their key into the client? That seems to be the right model.
LawnGnome 3y ago
It's going up to 100 req/m, but the new limit is indeed per key, not per user. (See https://old.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/ https://old.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_upda... for more detail.)

proamdev123 3y ago

Can you elaborate on where the miscalculation was in the Apollo dev’s math? The numbers he posted seem to add up.

austhrow743 3y ago

Why would third party reddit apps all under non-commercial?

themoonisachees 3y ago

I don't see how you expect 3rd party apps to stay below 60 r/m, that is abysmally low for anyone but a single user (even still, it'd be faster to scrape the website at that point). Third party apps have all requests made by every user use their one API key, not one key per user. Even so, third party apps aren't non-commercial, the devs want to get paid at some point. If it were a complete overreaction, all it would take is a single reddit admin going "he misunderstood, actually it's going to be x".