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Reddit is getting ready to slap third-party apps with millions of dollars in API fees, and many Reddit users are unhappy about it.A widespread protest is planned for June 12, with hundreds of ...
Responded Reddit CEO Steve Huffman in an AMA on the matter, “We’ll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,” and “unlike some of the [third-party] apps, we are not profitable.” ...
Reddit is adding new app sharing enhancements that lets you share rich content from its platform to other social media destinations like Instagram stories. Embeds are also improved.
Last week Christian Selig, developer of the popular Apollo app, said Reddit wanted to charge him $20 million a year to keep his app running. He later said he has no choice but to close down the app.
To kick off June, the world of 3rd party reddit apps was put on notice – prepare to pay by the end of the month or go away, they were essentially told. And well, it’s now June 30 and very few ...
Reddit’s official app sucks, and is absolutely loaded with intrusive ads, meaning a lot of people rely on the work of third-party apps—like the incredibly popular Apollo on iOS and my own ...
Reddit announced controversial API changes last month, set to come into effect from July 1. The developers of third-party apps decried the changes, noting that Reddit’s new API costs were ...
Tim Rathschmidt, a Reddit spokesman, said the company had been in contact with various Reddit communities to “clarify any confusion around our Data A.P.I. Terms, platform-wide policies ...
More than 6,000 communities on the popular social networking forum Reddit have gone dark as moderators protest the company’s decision to charge some third-party apps for the use of Reddit data.
Last month, Apollo made seven billion requests, which would mean Selig would need to pay $1.7 million per month or $20 million per year to Reddit to keep the app running. Just got off a call with ...
Reddit says it will update its newly revised API terms to carve out an exception for accessibility apps, which allow users, including people who are blind or visually impaired, a way to browse and ...
Reddit is trying to charge third-party apps an obscene amount to use its data, and it could have wide-ranging effects on all the apps you love. Here’s why.