> How about a per-user API key that users can copy/paste into a third-party app (or use an OAuth solution) which requires a $2-5/month subscription fee (cough r

> How about a per-user API key that users can copy/paste into a third-party app (or use an OAuth solution) which requires a $2-5/month subscription fee (cough reddit premium cough) to make more money than they would from showing these users advertisements? Two problems with this from their perspective: - It cedes control of the user experience to third party apps, forgoing potential monetization "opportunities" (aggressively pushing NFT avatars, etc) and possibility of keeping users perpetually sucked in TikTok-style - It greatly reduces the amount of data that can be harvested Clearly, they value these things more than the do keeping around "core reddit" (chronological list of posts) users who only care for the base product, even if they contribute disproportionally relative to average users.