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Reddit got half a billion people addicted to candy and now CEO Steve Huffman refuses to sell it because he thinks they're eating it wrong. There's already an A

Reddit got half a billion people addicted to candy and now CEO Steve Huffman refuses to sell it because he thinks they're eating it wrong. There's already an API and an ecosystem of third party apps. I'm amazed at the failure to embrace the opportunity to monetize this in a reasonable timescale, in a world where customers are already accustomed to monthly subscriptions.

wvenable 3y ago
From the start I was expecting to start paying for this. I've used 3rd party apps for over 10 years. Make it a reasonable amount and I'm in. Instead we get this.
- joshstrange 3y ago
  Heck, I was willing buy Reddit Premium or pay up to $10/mo to keep using Apollo but the timeline is way too short. I understand why the Apollo dev is throwing in towel, especially with Reddit lying/gaslighting like they are.
tiffanyg 3y ago
Hard to fathom the stupidity, but the arc of this (Huffman's statements, including the dishonest and the just plain "tells") and Verge interview yesterday suggest that the reason for the line in the sand killing Apollo, RIF, etc. is jealousy / spite. https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-a... Reminds me of: https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg Except, here, it's not just some jacket and a couple of people. It's some perhaps dozens of $millions made by a few app devs against a $multi-billion IPO and access and usefulness of a key site on the internet (e.g., inability of many to access valuable info and communities for days, now). Something personal like this interfering with the IPO, and activities of so many beyond that, is a monumental failure of judgment. Combined with Huffman's past history of dishonesty and ineptness in multiple areas (including making Reddit profitable after 7+ years at the helm in this current round), seems like the best solution to the problem at this point would be removing him from the CEO position. (Obviously, this seems easy from the outside, but I have no idea how easy / practical this would be in the "full picture")

wvenable 3y ago

From the start I was expecting to start paying for this. I've used 3rd party apps for over 10 years. Make it a reasonable amount and I'm in. Instead we get this.

joshstrange 3y ago
Heck, I was willing buy Reddit Premium or pay up to $10/mo to keep using Apollo but the timeline is way too short. I understand why the Apollo dev is throwing in towel, especially with Reddit lying/gaslighting like they are.

tiffanyg 3y ago

Hard to fathom the stupidity, but the arc of this (Huffman's statements, including the dishonest and the just plain "tells") and Verge interview yesterday suggest that the reason for the line in the sand killing Apollo, RIF, etc. is jealousy / spite. https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-a... Reminds me of: https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg Except, here, it's not just some jacket and a couple of people. It's some perhaps dozens of $millions made by a few app devs against a $multi-billion IPO and access and usefulness of a key site on the internet (e.g., inability of many to access valuable info and communities for days, now). Something personal like this interfering with the IPO, and activities of so many beyond that, is a monumental failure of judgment. Combined with Huffman's past history of dishonesty and ineptness in multiple areas (including making Reddit profitable after 7+ years at the helm in this current round), seems like the best solution to the problem at this point would be removing him from the CEO position. (Obviously, this seems easy from the outside, but I have no idea how easy / practical this would be in the "full picture")