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View submission: API Updates & Questions
So this quote:
We will ensure existing utilities, especially moderation tools, have free access to our API. We will support legal and non-commercial tools like Toolbox, Context Mod, Remind Me, and anti-spam detection bots. **And if they break, we will work with you to fix them.**
(Emphasis by me)
Does not inspire confidence following a separate admins response when the Apollo app dev, u/iamthatis asked for clarification about improving their app and was met with this reply[1]:
Having developers ask this question of themselves is the main point of having a cost associated with access in the first place. How might your app be more efficient?
Which pretty clearly reads as, "Figure it out yourself."
I get that Reddit has an obligation to its shareholders, but because I understand that obligation, I lack the willingness to believe any of these promises will be preserved. The additional shiny bobbles of the Reddit app "coming soon" meant to distract mods here instead only acts to highlight all the reasons mods should not trust a reddit app made by Reddit in a vacuum without competition. Many of these features are basic, and should have been baked into the app ages ago.
There's nothing here!