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View submission: Lets talk about those API calls
No the client id is for the application itself. Each user gets their own token for the app, and the rate limit used to be at that token level but they changed that
Comment by th3owner at 06/06/2023 at 17:43 UTC
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The problem is that by setting the rate limit at client ID level, they are putting all third party apps in a single basket, because as you said, with just a handful of users, all developers will be hitting those limits. If reddit really wanted to target large scale apps, the LEAST they could do was to still keep the new rate limits on access_token level.
Comment by hyzmarca at 07/06/2023 at 00:15 UTC
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How about having a unique client id for every installation?