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View submission: Lets talk about those API calls
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 Meepster23 at 06/06/2023 at 17:47 UTC
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Hell, lower the free tier rate limits but keep it by user, and raise the limit on client credential flow tokens for bots and it would be a good middle ground. Apps could offer a free tier and charge for more usage to cover the costs