Stefen Auris@pawb.socialM to Furry Technologists@pawb.social · 7 months agoMicrosoft is Locking Down Search for Public Code on GitHubnews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is Locking Down Search for Public Code on GitHubnews.itsfoss.comStefen Auris@pawb.socialM to Furry Technologists@pawb.social · 7 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoI don’t buy that as the reddit reason for their API change. For a group that wants to feed AI models, web scraping reddit is barely a speed bump compared to having a nice API to use. Reddit did what it did to force users onto their mobile app so they could better harvest user data and keep them from avoiding ads.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoThis made me go check on OpenRed, a reddit app for iOS that didn’t use the API (a more than likely no-no - scraping the site, essentially). Not only is it missing from the App Store, but the dev and his subreddit were both banned.
I don’t buy that as the reddit reason for their API change.
For a group that wants to feed AI models, web scraping reddit is barely a speed bump compared to having a nice API to use.
Reddit did what it did to force users onto their mobile app so they could better harvest user data and keep them from avoiding ads.
This made me go check on OpenRed, a reddit app for iOS that didn’t use the API (a more than likely no-no - scraping the site, essentially).
Not only is it missing from the App Store, but the dev and his subreddit were both banned.
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