• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Reddit could let users access the API like this easily. They could stream ads along with the comments coming from the API. They could let individual users pay a subscription fee for their own api access. They could develop an advertising platform for 3P apps to show reddit ads.

    They could even have said: look, we’re going to kill off 3P apps because we have another idea now, thanks but you are no longer required. At least that would have been a genuine approach.

    Spez evidently has an idea about what he really wants and isn’t sharing it yet. I’m sure it will be clear after the IPO.

    • drlecompte@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      They looked at the numbers, concluded that 3d party apps were a fringe phenomenon that could threaten their control over the platform, and just killed them.

      There are many possible revenue models that include 3d party apps and a more open API, Reddit just isn’t interested. They see Twitter as a shining example for some reason.