> It seems like Reddit could have just charged them 3.00 Per user per month, so they get a healthy margin off of the third party apps. That's not the way thing

> It seems like Reddit could have just charged them 3.00 Per user per month, so they get a healthy margin off of the third party apps. That's not the way things work anymore. If they think they can charge $10 a user and get away with it they will, regardless of how unethical or deceitful they need to be. And it's not just Reddit, it's our entire world of business "leaders" that have adopted that attitude. The problem is that you're looking at it from the perspective of what makes a good product, and view 3P apps as part of a good product. However, the only question getting asked by the executives, board members, investors, etc. is "what makes a ton of money?" Bring back the product focused people IMO.