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That's a good argument against ads, because ads introduce a fundamental misalignment of incentives between the platform and the user. There are many ways reddit
by Blahah 3y ago
That's a good argument against ads, because ads introduce a fundamental misalignment of incentives between the platform and the user. There are many ways reddit could build a collaborative business from their current situation. Advertising is very clearly not going to work, so they just need to look outside that box.
- zokier 3y ago> There are many ways reddit could build a collaborative business from their current situation Like charging for API access? Yeah, that went well...
- throwaway32908 3y agoThe Spotify solution (premium users can use any third-party client) would have made lots of money with less uproar. Another bonus, solves the supposed issues with allowing NSFW content through APIs. Google, for one, take a credit card as proof of being 18+ in the EU (you have a choice between that and scanning an ID card). Or if Reddit doesn't want to handle billing the users directly for whatever reason, require signin and charge the devs per user. Even some sort of grace period and reasonable prices per-request would have made a big difference, Apollo dev's hard blocker seemed to be conflict with existing billing cycles.