Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps
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In interviews with multiple publications, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended business decisions made by the company.

From the article:

In response to Huffman’s comments, moderators are trying to find ways to make blackouts effective. Alternatively, some communities are also setting up servers on alternative sites like Lemmy and Kbin.

  • treadful@lemmy.zip
    9·
    2 years ago

    As a user, I would have even shouldered my own cost. $2.50/mo for a no ad experience on the app I prefer? Seems reasonable.

    • LordofCandy@kbin.social
      8·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been a Reddit subscriber since 2014. Hell. Tie in api access to your sub.

      On npr he said the api price was the price. Like what a non answer. He then cited the entire running cost for the cite but nothing about how apis use it. Nor how google and MS have had to have their own infrastructures built out for them.

      It’s just stupid. I unsubscribed and deleted all my content for 16 years. I may be a minority but I will just abuse their system now with blockers and use them as a one way resource when I’m led there. I did not appreciate his characterization of the users or Christian.

      • 🐝🇭🇪🅻🅻🇪🇧🅴🆁🇹🐝@beehaw.org
        5·
        2 years ago

        I think if they just wanted to serve ads to third party apps they would have worked out a deal with them to revenue share at the very least and do this.

        My guess is that they want to pitch Reddit as this huge datasource for AI in the upcoming IPO and they can’t do that if they’re giving it away for free.

    • darkmugglet@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 years ago

      I looked at the reddit premium and balked at the cost. I would have paid $10 or $20, but $60? For what? It’s not the ads or the benefits but the experience. Demonstrably, third party apps provide a better experience at a lower price. And when I wanted to put my money where my mouth was, I walked away thinking Reddit is being the unreasonable ass hole.i could care less about Reddit Gold or whatever, Reddit just thinks too highly of itself and it’s place on the internet.

    • LewsTherinTelescope@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      I mean, that is a thing apps could have done to resolve the situation, the fact they chose not to take that route wasn’t Reddit’s decision. (Not that I blame devs for not wanting to play ball after seeing how Reddit’s team slandered the Apollo dev, that was inexcusable and likely burned a lot of bridges. I wouldn’t want to negotiate with them either.)