Relay for Reddit confirmed to continue working

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz to Reddit@lemmy.ml – 1 points – 1 years ago

Seems DBrady got an exemption, Relay for Reddit will continue functioning for the time being, and will eventually move to a subscription model.

Probably not an exception right? The dev is probably just eating the costs until they implement the subscription.

Guess I'll be able to keep using it for a while, but I will never pay a subscription to use Reddit.

My guess since both apps doing this model have immediately removed their own advertising is that they are exempt from the api pricing for a few months.

I can't see either dev cutting off their revenue stream (app ads) and then eating the api cost on the same day. Especially if users swarm to them as they are the last standing 3rd party app on their platform. Individuals wouldn't take on that kind of liability.

My understanding was that if the developer didn't make money themselves, Reddit would allow a limited amount of API use for free. What might be happening here is that the developer doesn't get paid until they introduce subscription costs, but also has free or reduced API prices in the meantime.

To me, Reddit's policy seems to be driven as much by spite as anything else. When it comes down to it, they don't mind subsidizing some apps, as long as those apps don't make money: "if we can't make money off your app, then you can't either" rather than "we can't afford our server bill, pay for what you're using."

To me, Reddit's policy seems to be driven as much by spite as anything else.

Yep I agree. No reason to force them to remove their own advertising.

Narwhal got an exception, I can't imagine the dev is eating the cost in this case, so I'm assuming it's the same deal.

Gotcha. That makes sense. Hadn't read anything about an exceptions being made

That's because it's not public. We are just guessing.

Both devs haven't said why they are immediately removing ads from their apps.

It's just a guess that it's a condition of reddit giving them free api access for a few months.