meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to TechnologyEnglish · 1 year agoOne surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use itwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down114 cross-posted to: technologysnoocalypsetechnology@lemmy.worldreddit
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkOne surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use itwww.theverge.commeiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to TechnologyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square63fedilink cross-posted to: technologysnoocalypsetechnology@lemmy.worldreddit
minus-squareEinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoBecause Relay has a few thousand users.
minus-squarehubobes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI mean the user initiates the login flow and gets the token, why does it matter how many users Relay has? In order to make requests to reddit’s API via OAuth, you must acquire an Authorization token, either on behalf of a user or for your client Maybe I am misunderstanding how API pricing for reddit works though. Do they count it against the app id and not the user?
minus-squareEinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago Do they count it against the app id and not the user? Yes, that.
minus-squareBriongloid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe app has is own API, not for individual user. They are averaging out the cost.
minus-squarehubobes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat? That doesn’t make any sense, why would they suddenly ask for payment to use their own API?
minus-squareBriongloid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBecause they are paying Reddit for that API use, they won’t be getting it for free.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMore like API Key I would say, still reddit API
minus-squareBaizey@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey don’t have their own api, but they have a shared api-key to reddit which all user requests would use
Because Relay has a few thousand users.
I mean the user initiates the login flow and gets the token, why does it matter how many users Relay has?
Maybe I am misunderstanding how API pricing for reddit works though. Do they count it against the app id and not the user?
Yes, that.
The app has is own API, not for individual user.
They are averaging out the cost.
What? That doesn’t make any sense, why would they suddenly ask for payment to use their own API?
Because they are paying Reddit for that API use, they won’t be getting it for free.
More like API Key I would say, still reddit API
They don’t have their own api, but they have a shared api-key to reddit which all user requests would use