Re:Lemmy now has over 2M users across 915 instances
by rewmie on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:57AM
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> Just pay for api access if that's all you need
The comments suggest the API pricing was just a stunt to hide the fact that Reddit wanted to kill third party apps in general, and in particular the ability of third parties to use Reddit posts to train AI models.
That's not an option. Even if it was, reddit's tone death measures, such as undeleting accounts and threatening everyone and kicking out mods who protested, already killed the community and makes the decision of continuing to use Reddit as a questionable moral decision.
People seek a reddit alternative, and rewarding reddit for its bullshit stunts is not it.
The comments suggest the API pricing was just a stunt to hide the fact that Reddit wanted to kill third party apps in general, and in particular the ability of third parties to use Reddit posts to train AI models.
That's not an option. Even if it was, reddit's tone death measures, such as undeleting accounts and threatening everyone and kicking out mods who protested, already killed the community and makes the decision of continuing to use Reddit as a questionable moral decision.
People seek a reddit alternative, and rewarding reddit for its bullshit stunts is not it.