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I believe it was the phrasing of "going quietly." I think they thought he meant that he would slander(?) them if they did not pay the $10M. But of course that m
by skeaker 3y ago
I believe it was the phrasing of "going quietly." I think they thought he meant that he would slander(?) them if they did not pay the $10M. But of course that misunderstanding was, one sentence later, resolved, so Reddit going back and treating that like a threat is simply a lie.
- ineedasername 3y agoAh, okay. I'm still not sure why Reddit would consider it blackmail for a 3rd party developer to say "If you make it impossible for me to run my app/service I will be very angry and tell people about it and say you're bad for doing it" I mean, that's not blackmail that's just, like, normal behavior for two groups that have a dispute.
- skeaker 3y agoYeah, the whole thing really doesn't make a lot of sense at face value which is why the logical conclusion is "Reddit lied to try to justify their API decision by making him look bad."