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Reddit shares soar after company turns first-ever profit. (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] BombOmOm 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This was the reason they made the API changes. They wanted to charge for easy access to the content. Sure, you can scrape every Reddit page, but nobody has time for that. Pay up and hoover down Reddit comments for you AI training.

[โ€“] themeatbridge 11 points 4 months ago

It also forced users onto their app, which creates a captive market for force-serving ads disguised as content.