Huffman has said, “We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit’s content] away for free.” That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit’s content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.
touché
If it was actually about AI they would have solved the issue quickly by offering different prices for 3rd party apps. The fact that they aren’t doing that clearly shows that they want to kill apps.