• Cstrrider1@beehaw.org
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    To an extend I understand the lost ad revenue for the 3rd party apps. But it seems like there’s a different solution, like requiring apps using the api to either pass through the ads or pay a per user fee, allowing for app users to get all the features they want for free and pay som small monthly subscription to remove the ads…

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      make third party apps available to Reddit Gold subscribers, implement reasonable api feeds, etc.

      There were a lot of solutions to this, however the real money is probably in the Reddit app harvesting user data that they could resell to advertising companies

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        I would have not liked this but it would have been understandable and OK. $5 a month for something I got so much use out of is peanuts. That’s the amount I’m contributing to Beehaw right now anyways.

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          Up until a few days ago, I thought Reddit Gold was just the awards. I had no idea it was an ad-free subscription. Reddit could have easily converted me into a paying customer by offering a personal api key that i plug into my favorite 3rd party app. The $5 more than covers my api calls, plus opportunity cost from not seeing ads, plus it would have kept me feeding quality content into their machine. What a series of ridiculous missteps.

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        This is further supported by their plan to block mobile browsers from viewing Reddit at all. Native apps can harvest far more data than websites can.