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Yep. They could also have kept the api free but insisted that 3rd party apps show ads. The developer of Apollo also agrees that would have been reasonable. But

Yep. They could also have kept the api free but insisted that 3rd party apps show ads. The developer of Apollo also agrees that would have been reasonable. But no.

emodendroket 3y ago
They could have but this would have still represented giving up a lot of control over how ads are shown.
- josephg 3y ago
  Not necessarily. They could have added an extra requirement for accessing the api that Reddit must approve how ads are displayed.
  - emodendroket 3y ago
    Right, but if they control the app they can make changes on the fly whenever. If they have 10 partner apps then everything will be glacially slow.
    - josephg 3y ago
      Its not like the way ads are presented changes a lot. But I acknowledge the point. I think I wouldn't mind so much if their official app was anywhere near as good as Apollo.
      - aaomidi 3y ago
        I don't ack their point. They'd get one warning and then they'd be kicked out and it would be justified.