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He should have passed the cost onto the users and given the apps 90-days to implement it. Then only premium users can use 3rd party apps. Meanwhile, he’s done
by berkle4455 3y ago
He should have passed the cost onto the users and given the apps 90-days to implement it. Then only premium users can use 3rd party apps.
Meanwhile, he’s done nothing whatsoever to prevent companies from gathering training data for their LLMs from harvesting the data. They’re just scraping it. They don’t need logged-in user accounts to do that.
- Maxious 3y agoOne point the third party apps brought up is they are paid via annual in-app purchases. So 90 days isn't enough lead time because the apps stores aren't going to retroactively raise those prices
- warning26 3y agoExactly — Spotify has used this approach for years (third party apps are a perk for subscribers), and it seems like a perfectly reasonable compromise. Reddit refusing to do this is truly a testament to their idiocy.
- joshstrange 3y agoThere is little doubt in my mind I would have paid for Reddit and for my 3rd party app had they gone this route. Now? I’m working on breaking a heavily ingrained habit of over a decade. Heck I had also set my personal max at around $10 if I had to pay my 3rd party app for API costs. Reddit really shit the bed here.