Comment by gschizas on 05/06/2023 at 20:13 UTC

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Well, you know what this will lead to. Browser automation to create one client id per user.

(I'm not saying you should do that BTW, I'm just saying what those changes lead to)

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Comment by heyjoshturner at 05/06/2023 at 20:17 UTC

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Creating a client id requires creating an app and that isn't possible via the API and would be quickly shut down if tried via scraping. Not to mention it would require the username/password of users which they *shouldn't* be willing to hand over

Comment by TheGreenJedi at 12/06/2023 at 14:26 UTC

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This is acceptable in reddits eyes

And I'm not sure why, because it's just gonna lead to a game.of wackamole