1. It is impossible to use Reddit without an API (a webpage is just another API). 2. No API is ever truly free. There are always tradeoffs that come with a cos

1. It is impossible to use Reddit without an API (a webpage is just another API). 2. No API is ever truly free. There are always tradeoffs that come with a cost. 3. Not all APIs have the same cost. The question is, at what point does an API become a cost too much? There is a lot of indication that changes at Reddit will mean that some APIs that were previously considered to be acceptably priced will no longer be acceptably priced. The cost of using the API will exceed the value derived from using the API. Other APIs are stated to remain unchanged. In theory, users using the APIs in flux could migrate to these price-stable APIs. But, that does not mean that all people find those APIs acceptably priced, even where they did find the previously mentioned APIs in flux to be acceptably priced previously. An API is not why someone uses Reddit, but it is a necessary precondition in order to use Reddit. If one finds the cost of a Reddit API to be too high, one will not use that API. If one finds the cost of all Reddit APIs to be too high, they will not use Reddit. To retain users, is necessary for an API to be "free enough".