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View submission: Lets talk about those API calls
Except the official app shows ads, pushes their subscription plans and paid avatars and all the other gimmicks that make them money.
Look, I don't like the change either. But fact is the official app is the product. Third-party apps circumvent most of what makes Reddit profitable and advertiser-friendly.
Mod tools on the other hand are a extremely important feature that need to be figured out, otherwise Reddit will lose the community-maintained aspect and become just another social media.
Comment by Meepster23 at 06/06/2023 at 22:21 UTC
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You seem to be arguing against something I'm not saying... Else where I've suggested they simply charge for the API requests that have the potential to lose them revenue, or make a better "low usage" free tier that can still be used by third party apps etc.. This isn't about them charging **something** for the access for third parties which is completely reasonable. It's about how **much** they are charging, the exclusion of NSFW content, and the misleading statements they are making in an attempt to support the decision.