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All they had to do was make API access require Premium. $4/month and all the pieces were laying there. Thats twice as much monthly profit as their current super

by a2tech 3y ago

All they had to do was make API access require Premium. $4/month and all the pieces were laying there. Thats twice as much monthly profit as their current super inflated API pricing would bring them for the same users. Reddit made themselves a real mess here and it's all SO stupid.

alecthomas 3y ago
I'd pay that to not have to use their awful mobile app or new.reddit
- andsoitis 3y ago
  > I'd pay that to not have to use their awful mobile app or new.reddit How much are you willing to pay?
ec109685 3y ago
You don’t think there would still be a huge outcry from folks who are paying $10 a year for Apollo and now have to pay $58?
- dvngnt_ 3y ago
  not enough to cause an entire blackout
Riffz 3y ago
No shit hey. Fucking rocket appliances apparently. Charge me $4 for premium and give devs 3 months to implement the changes or something. It feels so blindingly simple that this who mess is mind numbingly stupid.
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- giantrobot 3y ago
  It's stupid but you have to keep in mind Reddit's execs are liars. The API users aren't costing Reddit money and they're not the reason they have profitability problems. Reddit wants to wrap all their content in a mobile app. There they can force ads without the option to blocking, they can force (paid for) "suggestions", and they can vacuum up all that sweet personalized data from every user.
  - exitb 3y ago
    Quick napkin math shows that they’re currently making about 10 cents in ad money per active user per month. Any subscription would bring an order of magnitude more income.
nbacircleerk 3y ago
Somehow Relay's developer figured a way to make his app viable with "$3 (or less) " https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758616/reddit-app-survive-paid-subscription-relay https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758616/reddit-app-survi...
037 3y ago
It's so simple, yet brilliant. However, I wouldn't pay more than $2 or $3 for it.

by a2tech 3y ago

alecthomas 3y ago

I'd pay that to not have to use their awful mobile app or new.reddit

andsoitis 3y ago
> I'd pay that to not have to use their awful mobile app or new.reddit How much are you willing to pay?

ec109685 3y ago

You don’t think there would still be a huge outcry from folks who are paying $10 a year for Apollo and now have to pay $58?

dvngnt_ 3y ago
not enough to cause an entire blackout

Riffz 3y ago

No shit hey. Fucking rocket appliances apparently. Charge me $4 for premium and give devs 3 months to implement the changes or something. It feels so blindingly simple that this who mess is mind numbingly stupid.

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giantrobot 3y ago
It's stupid but you have to keep in mind Reddit's execs are liars. The API users aren't costing Reddit money and they're not the reason they have profitability problems. Reddit wants to wrap all their content in a mobile app. There they can force ads without the option to blocking, they can force (paid for) "suggestions", and they can vacuum up all that sweet personalized data from every user.
- exitb 3y ago
  Quick napkin math shows that they’re currently making about 10 cents in ad money per active user per month. Any subscription would bring an order of magnitude more income.

nbacircleerk 3y ago

Somehow Relay's developer figured a way to make his app viable with "$3 (or less) " https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758616/reddit-app-survive-paid-subscription-relay https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758616/reddit-app-survi...

037 3y ago

It's so simple, yet brilliant. However, I wouldn't pay more than $2 or $3 for it.