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View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API
That sounds to me like a solution far out of proportion to the problem.
I've *never* seen Reddit abused as a CDN stand-in in this way. CDNs are cheap enough as they are - and you can skip CDNs entirely with certain P2P tricks.
Comment by Bardfinn at 19/04/2023 at 17:26 UTC
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Well, my reply was held by an automated system so here’s attempt #2 to clarify:
I spend a small, but significant, amount of time getting Reddit to close subreddits used by various types of criminal operations - which is where I’ve seen it be used.
It’s worthwhile doing this if it stops someone from brute-forcing or stumbling into an indiscreet photo’s URL.
It’s necessary to do this to counter & prevent the deliberate criminal operations abusing the site.