Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark

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Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark
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If this is the case, I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just separate into tiers, where mass data usage to feed into a language model is priced differently than people legitimately using and contributing content to the site.

This is what happens when a bunch of MBAs are detached from the product they're working on.

they still have a lot to gain by killing the 3rd party apps and forcing the remaining users to the platform that will benefit their valuation the most. the pricing is to court the big whales to sell data to and the forcing people to use the native app is to improve the quality of the data they want to sell.

Precisely. Investors like apps because users cannot change their user experience, disable telemetry, block ads easily, and so on. They receive push notifications which drive engagement and allow easier tracking across accounts.