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Will Reddit ever cave in? (lemm.ee)
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Exactly as the title says, do you guys think Reddit will buckle and at least be more reasonable or maybe even reverse their current decisions?

Edit: if not lemmy to the moon ๐Ÿš€

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Short term, I agree with you. Long term, for me it's a virtual certainty that Huffman is fired as CEO of Reddit within one year of an IPO. At that point, the community and content may have deteriorated so much that a new CEO sees value in re-opening the API and third-party apps, probably with some kind of revenue share/ad delivery aspect, and maybe with a (sensible) fee for the biggest users.

EDIT: having just discovered Manifold Markets (thanks @lixus98 !) I've created a market for this: https://manifold.markets/IE/will-steve-huffman-be-fired-or-resi