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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by mcpeepants on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:27PM (#36312653)
I don't see how this is a play towards profitability, when the (obvious) outcome of their absurd pricing is a massive reduction in API usage.

The fact is, advertisements pay better than any amount their users or third-party developers would be willing to bear. This change appears to be more about maximizing that revenue stream (or making it more appealing to advertisers), rather creating a _new_ revenue stream in paid API access.

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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by bagels on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:13PM (#36314327)
Isn't maximizing revenue and at the same time reducing costs a step in the direction of profitability?
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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by mcpeepants on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @07:34PM (#36319170)
Sure, but isn’t “raise the cost of the API to the point where it is prohibitively expensive for everyone” at best a cost reduction strategy only?
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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by bagels on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @08:06PM (#36319446)
No, it increases revenue and decreases costs, because many of the users of those apps will start using surfaces that show reddit ads.
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