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Reddit CEO Pushes Back Against Blackout—Will Consider Letting Users Vote Out Moderators (www.forbes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's just being handled so poorly. They could have just been straight forward and said they unfortunately needed to cut off API access due to cost but that they are dedicated to improving the official app based on user feedback over the course of a year to help with moderation and fix all the quirks on mobile. It still would have been unfortunate to lose third party apps, but at least it would have shown that they cared about the user experience. But no, we get this beat around the bush, insulting attitude from the CEO. He just sounds so out of touch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They could have slowed the roll of shitty changes and successfully boiled the frog without much uproar.

  1. Block unauthenticated, no-API-key access outright, but allow app API keys a smaller number of requests per day, making apps more unreliable if not using a user's personal key.
  2. Block unauthenticated non-user API keys and force users to generate their own API keys, killing off most 3rd-party app usage and almost all anonymous usage.
  3. Raise the price of API keys once few people are using 3rd-party apps.

They aren't even competent bastards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

They should tied third party app access to reddit premium