cilantrilloWhy do so many tech companies, like Reddit and Twitter are making their platforms worse for their users all of a sudden?
Money. It really is that simple.
Reddit wanted to kill third party apps because they have ad blocking features and don't show unwarranted sponsored posts. Reddit wants to serve users as much ads and sponsored content as possible, which was not really able to happen with third party apps.
BitsOfBeardI think it had more to do with tech companies using their API heavily to train their language models. Getting users over to their app is just a bonus, probably.