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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by yanderekko on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:43AM (#36278138)
I don't read that as the implication at all. He's saying that Reddit needs to make changes to become profitable, while making a jab at the fact that some of the 3P apps have a financial interest in preserving the status quo.
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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by TX81Z on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:50AM (#36278193)
Ok, even in that scenario if you’re this many years in, have this many users, this many daily posts, and your underlying tech is a CRUD app, it’s not because you have a free API. It’s because you royally screwed up many, many, many things.
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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by yanderekko on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:57AM (#36278238)
>Ok, even in that scenario if you’re this many years in, have this many users, this many daily posts, and your underlying tech is a CRUD app, it’s not because you have a free API.

Well, the argument is that it at least partially because they have a free/cheap API. And they're willing to stake a lot on betting that changing this will pay off.

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