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View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API
requires users to have two separate subscriptions - one for reddit and one for Apollo Pro/Ultra for example
Yep, and that's fine. You're asking for value from two companies and have to pay both.
It's like buying your grill and having to refill propane tanks to use it.
No more can reddit introduce a new feature and make it available to their own app via a private API but not expose it to third-party developers
Agreed
I would never pay a dime if all I would get in return is the same API developers can use today
Why? You're getting value from that and it has an actual cost to reddit to run. Why shouldn't they get paid? Either directly (subscription) or indirectly (ads)
edit: maybe you're talking about things like ios notifications or something that requires a push notification. I'm kinda on the fence about how that should be paid for, but I guess if it's not an extra-extra service fee from reddit for their app then they could also expose it for third party apps for people paying for a subscription.
Comment by got_milk4 at 18/04/2023 at 19:12 UTC
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Yep, and that's fine. You're asking for value from two companies and have to pay both.
I don't disagree but there's just an unfortunate consequence on developers who now need their users to subscribe somewhere else to benefit from the app. Lots of users are picky about the individual dollars and cents of subscriptions, I could imagine enough might cancel to have a noticeable effect on the developer's revenue through no real fault of their own.
Why? You're getting value from that and it has an actual cost to reddit to run. Why shouldn't they get paid? Either directly (subscription) or indirectly (ads)
Because the current state of the API is intentionally designed such that the official reddit app has "benefits" third-party developers can't offer. There's been a lot of (IMO justified) concern as each new feature is added to the app but not the API that reddit wants to slowly starve out third-party apps and I don't think it's an unreasonable position that if reddit wants to be paid for access to the API, it should in return provide access without restrictions. They shouldn't be able to get away with trying to dispose of third-party apps while also asking you to pay for that privilege.
Comment by F3z345W6AY4FGowrGcHt at 19/04/2023 at 15:52 UTC
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Where it would suck is for people who have multiple accounts to keep things separate. You could have a general account, a modding account, and a nsfw account, for example.
Gotta pay three times for the users, plus once for the app?