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Make the API compatible with Reddit's and you'll have a bunch of third-party clients starting on day one!
by binkHN 3y ago
Make the API compatible with Reddit's and you'll have a bunch of third-party clients starting on day one!
- jacobkranz 3y agoThis is why I've been so curious as to exactly what Reddit is really trying to do with this api change. If the point of Reddit is to consume content then the content itself (and the amount of it consumed) is really their business model so all actions should support that vs. getting people to arbitrarily be on their site. If your business is content, it shouldn't matter if it's a third-party app or if it's on your main site. I just cannot figure out the long-term logic behind this move (ofc short-term it's about $$ and their IPO but this'll hurt their model in the long-run)
- lm28469 3y agoYou probably lose a lot of control on ads and tracking
- googlryas 3y agoDo any 3P clients let you point their app to backends other than reddit.com? Or are you just saying it would be easy for app developers to quickly port their app to non.io?
- binkHN 3y agoIt would be easy for app developers to quickly port their app to non.io.
- digging 3y agoThe survivors are working on it. RedReader is allowed to continue using the API for free because it has accessibility features, but the creator has announced they do not plan to depend on that goodwill and will expand the app to connect to other APIs.
- mburns 3y agoSaidit has a (mostly) compatible API by running a fork from when Reddit was still open source. It isn't a drop-in replacement but most of the core API endpoints are the same. Things like modmail, live threads, collections are exclusive to Reddit, for example. Not sure the community is welcoming or even interested in the potential growth, tbh. But it exists. https://saidit.net/dev/api https://saidit.net/dev/api