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A lot of folks here will commiserate with reddit's position - Microsoft and Google and ChatGPT are making billions from programs that were built using data glea
by lazystar 3y ago
A lot of folks here will commiserate with reddit's position - Microsoft and Google and ChatGPT are making billions from programs that were built using data gleamed from reddit's API's, and they didnt have to provide reddit with a single penny in return. Reddit has to do something to prevent the gold rush of data mining that is bound to occur from other companies building their own copycat LLM's.
- wtf_is_up 3y ago>Microsoft and Google and ChatGPT are making billions from programs that were built using data gleamed from reddit's API's Source?
- anigbrowl 3y agoReddit wants to make money off user-generated content. To my mind this is like a paper manufacturer claiming it has a copyright interest in any printed matter than ends up attached to its product.
- lazystar 3y agothat analogy only works if reddit were charging you for each comment you post on their site. A more accurate analogy would be times square selling advertisement billboards because lots of folks congregate in times square.
- anigbrowl 3y agoThey're trying to get money from people using their API, which is like demanding a cut from people selling maps of Times Square (which are better than the official ones).