'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

  • PurrJPro@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    All your points are very true, unfortunately. It just saddens me seeing companies hurt the very community that even allowed them to rise to popularity

    • LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Allowed them to rise is an understatement. The content and the value comes from users alone. Reddit itself is his a shell without them. Even the moderation happens through the users. I don’t know what will happen to Reddit, but I do hope it will be painful for spez.

      • PurrJPro@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I care less for what happens to the website and more what happens to the users. Having a website where you build and found such large communities fuck you over like this must be heartbreaking