‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.
‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.
This is key. If folks can push through a new system I think Reddit will take a big hit.
That being said, once the 3rd party apps are gone, most of us will be using a new system regardless (official, shitty Reddit app or Lemmy) so might as well keep going with the better alternative