Christina WarrenYou know, the ironic thing is #Reddit could’ve required people to pay for Reddit Premium to get API client access and I would have. A lot of people wouldn’t have, but I would have. That would’ve let the devs potentially keep the apps running and juice Reddit’s per-user fees. What an utter waste. #VivaApollo
Rick Williams@film_girl This would have been a great start. What the app makers really needed was a longer runway. I don’t know when the bulk of Apollo’s renewals are, but I know I wouldn’t want to run the bulk of my yearly subscriptions at a loss for 8 months in the hopes that I could make it up over time with updated pricing, especially with current behavior. They are basically making him just refund everyone and move on. Exactly what they wanted.
@RickWilliams oh, for sure. Giving him even 90 days to adjust would’ve helped. He could rally community support for make up the shortfall needed for refunds. But this clearly isn’t about the hard costs of running the API, it’s about Reddit not wanting these clients to exist at all.