Artistan@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoReddit CEO: We’re sticking with API change, despite subreddits going darkwww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO: We’re sticking with API change, despite subreddits going darkwww.pcmag.comArtistan@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squaredoctortofu@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI just posted it elsewhere, but that’s only the beginning. They also announced their intent to turn reddit into an even more ad-infested hellhole than it already is: https://www.redditinc.com/blog/investing-in-what-makes-reddit-unique-introducing-contextual-keyword-targeting-and-product-ads This is the future of reddit everyone - abandon all hope ye who clicketh here: https://www.redditinc.com/assets/images/site/image2.gif
minus-squareArtistan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable - Steve Huffman, Reddit CEO Translation - we don’t have control of the 3PA and they are getting in the way of moooore profit, so we want them gone.
I just posted it elsewhere, but that’s only the beginning. They also announced their intent to turn reddit into an even more ad-infested hellhole than it already is: https://www.redditinc.com/blog/investing-in-what-makes-reddit-unique-introducing-contextual-keyword-targeting-and-product-ads
This is the future of reddit everyone - abandon all hope ye who clicketh here: https://www.redditinc.com/assets/images/site/image2.gif
Translation - we don’t have control of the 3PA and they are getting in the way of moooore profit, so we want them gone.