'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

  • LDRMS@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    To be honest, if this doesn’t case an implosion I don’t know what will.🤷🏻‍♂️

    • Manticore@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The blackout won’t, but surely the lack of porn on mobile after June 30th is going to cause a major shake-up. Reddit’s mobile app is really unpopular, even among casual users. You can’t view it in browser reddit (popover tells you to either use the app, or back out the page). Literally the only way to view it on mobile is in their shitty app, which is horribly optimised and chews data like nobody’s business.

      Humans are creatures of habit, they’ll struggle to change or move on without sufficient deterrent. The announcement was deterrent for the principled, the blackout is deterrent for the casual consumer without their content; the lose of 3P apps will be the deterrent for the visually-impaired…
      …but the June 30th NSFW changes will be the deterrent for the horny, and Reddit is nothing if not unrelentingly horny.