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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The reason Reddit doesn't want to do that is they can harvest and sell so much more user profile data if they funnel everything through themselves. That is what they are selling to investors.

Yup. I get it too. 'We'll lock down and get rid of the 3rd party apps, just give us a couple of months.'