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View submission: Lets talk about those API calls
Reducing the cost doesn't mean you still eat lunch for free. The issue is full stop, people are eating lunch for free.
Could it be more efficient? Yes sure. So lunch might get cheaper, but its not free. So you don't get to eat for free.
Making a better API also costs reddit money in developer time, so they make it more efficient to what... make those apps that they don't own or profit from cheaper to run?
Comment by whats_a_monad at 08/06/2023 at 03:32 UTC
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Waah waah poor Reddit’s IPO value
Comment by semininja at 16/06/2023 at 03:42 UTC
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It's only "free lunch" if you don't consider the value the third-party apps contribute to Reddit in return. Personally, I wouldn't even be *on* the site if it weren't for RIF years ago, and I'm sure that many others wouldn't use it nearly as much. Fewer users = less content = less growth of userbase = less value for Reddit.