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Ars TechnicaReddit’s new API pricing will kill off Apollo on June 30
Faced with 30 days' notice for a $1.6 million monthly bill, Apollo calls it quits.
Bandersnatch@arstechnica Reddit isn't going to survive what the users are about to do to them.
Jon@Bandersnatch @arstechnica The site itself will survive, but it's going to be a much different place after this. There are tons of people who are just completely offended. And anyone who cares enough to use a third party app was probably more invested in the site than the average user.
@JonEFive @arstechnica Or, you know, have trouble seeing.
I mean technically, MySpace & Digg still exist too.
Cullen@Bandersnatch @arstechnica they deserve the everything that’s about to happen
random thoughts@Bandersnatch @arstechnica Reddit is more toxic than Twitter and Twitter shows many it can survive with simply serving Nazis and rest of the people keep using it along with the Nazis proving they have no principles.
JGeorge@Bandersnatch @arstechnica Reddit will survive this. But I do think that a lot of the users that contribute some of the best/better content will start to migrate away from the platform. The website and native app are pretty trash and I’m really struggling with what to do myself. I’m on the verge of just quitting. Losing both Twitter and Reddit has been quite the whirlwind for how I’ve interacted with the internet/social content over the past 10+ years.
Seamus@arstechnica what company in their right mind looks at the twitter API disaster and thinks "hey, they might have something"?
PPN@wisqerbee @arstechnica a company led by your typical SV tech boy following the latest trend set by Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk etc. I think a lot of people are starting to realize that these people are profoundly stupid and succeeded despite their ineptitude and tone-deafness by sheer dumb luck of timing.
@wisqerbee @arstechnica Oracle. It's always Oracle.
@arstechnica it's very likely that I will not be using reddit after this change. I only use a third party mobile app to access reddit. I never go to the site from a browser and refuse to install their noisy app that collects tons of data.
I hope they see a mass exodus of users after this. The were just so many better ways they could have gone about it that weren't an absolute affront to the people who have made the site into what it is today.
I get that businesses are there to make money, but this unending corporate greed has got to stop. They could have found a way to cover the cost of the API and then some without alienating so many people.
But the API itself isn't the issue. Reddit wants to cash in on that AI money, and they don't care which of their users they harm in the process.
I hope they see a mass exodus of users after this. The were just so many better ways they could have gone about it that weren't an absolute affront to the people who have made the site into what it is today.
I get that businesses are there to make money, but this unending corporate greed has got to stop. They could have found a way to cover the cost of the API and then some without alienating so many people.
But the API itself isn't the issue. Reddit wants to cash in on that AI money, and they don't care which of their users they harm in the process.
@arstechnica you should probably also touch on Reddits bizarre blackmail/threat allegations and the fact that Christian has recorded all calls and made the relevant parts available both in audio form and transcribed on his github. This is no longer just a bad decision on Reddit's part, it's malevolence.
Arun@arstechnica its sad news. Sync for Reddit is closing shop as well, and that has been my Reddit app of choice on Android for the longest time.
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cerium@arstechnica Y'all can bet your ass that old.reddit.com will be the next thing on the chopping block.
Michael Labowicz@arstechnica what about other apps like bacon reader?
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@mlabowicz @arstechnica Other apps like RIF and Sync have already announced that they're shutting down as well. Sadly it's unlikely any third-party app will survive. Bacon Reader in specific seemingly hasn't announced anything yet but, as I said, don't get your hopes up...
simpleThey're all going down. Reddit is killing every 3rd party app so they can harvest data more easily off of their official app and raise API prices.
@simple @arstechnica that is a massive bummer. I wasn't a fan of the official reddit app when it first launched. Maybe it got better?
thanks4thefish@arstechnica later reddit. It's been getting worse for awhile. I won't quit completely immediately but I will quit.
Biggles@arstechnica Been using Apollo for years. I feel this will bite Reddit a lot harder than they think. Going the way of Digg.
@thebiggles @arstechnica We haven't had a big site disappearing for a long time since My Space. Even Slashdot and Boing Boing are trundling along for a decade and more.
Tall White Guy@arstechnica That is precisely why I am now here. So long, Reddit. Thanks for the fun, Apollo!
@arstechnica Reddit pricing out 3rd party apps got me to download mastodon
Jan Terpstra@arstechnica Reddit: greed, stupidity and ignorance