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Re:Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for t... by atraac on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:19AM (#36148688)
I feel like there's a major difference here. Services you mentioned never really had any third party clients, while Reddit has pretty much built itself upon them.
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Re:Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for t... by paulddraper on Thursday June 01, 2023 @12:02PM (#36153083)
"built itself upon them" is a stretch.

The difference is really that Reddit was relatively late in a concerted effort to monetize.

But it winds up at the same place regardless.

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