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View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API
No. We are reaching out to affected developers *now*.
Comment by itskdog at 18/04/2023 at 17:21 UTC
107 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The obvious absence from the post, only mentioning moderation uses of the API, looks very suspicious, given the number of people who would have seen this before it went live.
Hoping you're not going to restrict just to existing apps and still allow new 3P apps to be developed, or existing ones to be forked (and for it all to still work on the free plan and not remove anything from the API to the new premium tier)
Comment by BicyclingBro at 18/04/2023 at 18:18 UTC*
52 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Just to add to this, if 3rd party clients die, I'm out of here, which will honestly probably be a net improvement to my overall life anyway.
I've been around for a good ten years now, mod a few subs, and have generally had positive experiences, but the direction the platform has been moving in the past several years hasn't really interested me. I've greatly appreciated that I've been able to largely ignore all of the new social media inspired changes. If that stops being the case, I'll gladly find a better way to spend my time.
Comment by leros at 18/04/2023 at 18:15 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Are you going to be charging these third party developers API fees? That would change their whole business model.
Comment by lupeski at 19/04/2023 at 00:50 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hello, I’m the developer of the app ReddPlanet. I’m curious how these changes will affect me. The app is fairly new so obviously my user base isn’t nearly as big as other apps that have been around for years, but I’m concerned about some of these changes and how they might affect me. I’d love to be included or at least kept in the loop.
Comment by Soft_Trade5317 at 19/04/2023 at 04:25 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks for helping me finally quit reddit. I'm not paying a subscription and I'm not using your dumpster fire official app or mobile sites.
Reddit's been going downhill and in need of replacement for quite awhile. I can't wait to see what props up to replace this if you actually go through with this plan.
Comment by Maxion at 19/04/2023 at 18:41 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The Apollo dev literally just said you are
You do know us volunteer moderators moderate via third party apps right? I sure as hell ain’t paying a subscription to moderate, that’s ridiculous
Comment by BellerophonM at 20/04/2023 at 04:55 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You clearly are. It's convention across huge amounts of Reddit to use NSFW tagging for other non-adult uses or even just fun jokes; cutting them out from third party apps just means even with pay, large amounts of content just won't work.
It's an incredibly bad move to try to force mobile users to the official apps when there's near universal agreement among the userbase that the official app is a terrible experience and vastly inferior to any third party. If you wanted this to come off well, then bringing the official app up to equal quality *first* should have been a priority.
Comment by BagOnuts at 08/06/2023 at 23:27 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So, that was a lie.
Comment by [deleted] at 18/04/2023 at 19:06 UTC
-6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Thank you for not killing third-party apps.
Comment by Legitimate_Film1035 at 19/04/2023 at 18:17 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So the next question is, when will you be killing them? Because this looks like it's the next step backwards.
Comment by fyrnabrwyrda at 21/04/2023 at 15:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is an absolute lie. I can't stand you suits. You are absolutely trying to kill 3rd party apps. Here's a wild idea how about if you want me to use the official reddit app make the damn thing usable.
Comment by insanekid123 at 01/06/2023 at 15:42 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Liar.
Comment by brick_jrs at 05/06/2023 at 14:39 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You say no, but charging ridiculous fees to the developers is the same as killing those 3rd party apps.
Comment by Garrity828 at 08/06/2023 at 22:11 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Lol. Lmao.
Comment by slowpokefastpoke at 10/06/2023 at 03:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What absolute, utter horse shit.
You guys literally couldn’t be handling this situation any worse, and you continue to double down on extremely poor decisions.