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Possible? Yes. Reasonable? Almost certainly no. It's not just that you'd have to constantly keep up with changing content (which might even be hidden through en

Possible? Yes. Reasonable? Almost certainly no. It's not just that you'd have to constantly keep up with changing content (which might even be hidden through endless obscure javascript) and all sorts of possible filtering mechanisms on reddit's server side, you'd also make yourself vulnerable to a boatload of issues if you want to publish your app in official channels, since you are violating reddit's TOS. The cost to benefit ratio is exceedingly unfavourable. Since reddit has a huge following, some people might try, but I wouldn't bet on anyone succeeding in a big way.

skeaker 3y ago
Seems like the exact sort of problem that an open source codebase is designed to handle. Even just 10 random devs sending PRs to a github repo will always outpace the changes reddit makes since they're bottlenecked by having to push to millions of users. Coincidentally, the types that would contribute most likely wouldn't care about publishing it either, since it would be FOSS anyways giving users little incentive to buy it.