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Why can’t users just register their own keys and paste them into various clients? This seems like an easy way to have avoided this situation.
by quenix 3y ago
Why can’t users just register their own keys and paste them into various clients? This seems like an easy way to have avoided this situation.
- sodality2 3y agoThey literally suspended the website [0] where you can apply for an app. It's been a perma-waitlist that hasn't moved a bit. Several app developers [1, 2, 3] have reached out and gotten radio silence. [0]: https://developers.reddit.com/waitlist https://developers.reddit.com/waitlist [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk2q0e/ https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk2ewf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_... [3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk2pp3/ https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_...
- ink_13 3y agoThe most obvious answer is that killing third-party apps is intentional. It would have been a reasonable compromise to cut off API access to users who don't have Reddit Gold, but that's off the table, because it doesn't juice the numbers for the IPO the right way.