Paul Haddad Jun 15, 2023
Now saying all the quiet parts out loud.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tells The Verge that he’s fine that some of Reddit’s most-beloved third-party apps are shutting down, claiming they didn’t add value to the platform and were “subsidized” by other users.

The Verge
Show threadNewbGoob Jun 15, 2023
@paul "cover your costs"?? I have a hard time believing that it costs Reddit as much as they're charging for the API. God, I hate Huffman. Actual cannibal Huffman.
Show threadAva 
@newbgoob @paul Iirc, someone in one of the Apollo threads calculated that, based on their previous statements about their profits and revenue, they were charging 2-10x more per user than their own app brings in.
Jun 15, 2023 at 10:51pmWeb