Comment by iamthatis on 18/04/2023 at 17:10 UTC*

936 upvotes, 12 direct replies (showing 12)

View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API

How will this affect third party clients like Apollo (I'm the developer)? I see this quote:

* Our Data API will still be available to developers for appropriate use cases and accessible via our Developer Platform, which is designed to help developers improve the core Reddit experience, but, we will be enforcing rate limits.

* We are introducing a premium access point for third parties who require additional capabilities, higher usage limits, and broader usage rights. Our Data API will still be open for appropriate use cases and accessible via our Developer Platform.

What are the rate limits for third party apps now? Still 60 requests per minute via OAuth? What will the extended rate limits be?

**EDIT/UPDATE:** Had two calls with Reddit today about the outlined changes and they answered many of my questions. Details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_few_calls_with_reddit_today_about_the/

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Comment by [deleted] at 18/04/2023 at 17:25 UTC

409 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by heyjoshturner at 18/04/2023 at 18:14 UTC

49 upvotes, 0 direct replies

/u/KeyserSosa I have similar concerns with my app Pager[1] - really disappointing to see these changes announced with so little concrete details for developers to work with

1: https://pager.app

Comment by [deleted] at 18/04/2023 at 20:49 UTC*

21 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by Xaxxon at 18/04/2023 at 17:20 UTC*

52 upvotes, 6 direct replies

I don’t have a problem if I have to subscribe to Reddit somehow for a nominal fee to make Apollo work right. I appreciate the value Reddit provides behind the scenes as long as they don’t force their awful “modern” interfaces on me.

Whatever the cost is to use the Reddit app ad free would be fine. Or an ad-money-goes-to-Reddit model in third party apps. Or part of it. Or something that compensates Reddit for running the API.

I just cannot stand new web Reddit or the official Reddit mobile app.

Comment by notcaffeinefree at 18/04/2023 at 22:15 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Would you (and honestly other 3rd-party apps devs as well) consider some sort of in-app notification/message to let users know about these upcoming changes?

Comment by KeyserSosa at 18/04/2023 at 17:27 UTC

56 upvotes, 17 direct replies

We’ve reached out to you to go over how these updates impact Apollo.

The impact depends on a number of things including the volume of API usage by each client and whether or not the usage is compliant with our terms.

Note that we will ensure that applications critical to the functioning of communities, e.g. mod bots and extensions are not impacted.

Comment by Lazerpop at 09/06/2023 at 02:28 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Welp

Comment by burnSMACKER at 01/06/2023 at 05:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Welp

Comment by JustAnAddNothinToSee at 04/06/2023 at 18:22 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Literally bs

Comment by zhrimb at 06/06/2023 at 20:26 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Apollo is the only reason I still use Reddit, it's unpalatable otherwise. If they kill your app by pricing you out, I'm out of Reddit entirely.