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> Usual bait and switch from Reddit. Providing an API for free for 15 years. Yeah, total bait and switch.
by tredre3 3y ago
> Usual bait and switch from Reddit.
Providing an API for free for 15 years. Yeah, total bait and switch.
- arcanemachiner 3y ago15 years of leaving money on the table. Not quite at the level of Uber in terms of setting money on fire, but respectable nonetheless.
- bshipp 3y agoThe bots enabled by the free api was what allowed Reddit to transition from a small hangout into "the front page of the internet". Without the bots and tools enabled by the free api the site will rapidly devolve into a cesspool like Facebook.