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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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[–] Captain_Nipples 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's like they never learn. They're trying to turn the internet into cable TV... I guess they didn't get the hint when a lot of us said "Fuck TV"

Also, Youtube and Twitch have been fucking up a lot lately, helping out sites like Rumble and Twitch.

[–] Kingswaggy 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think you meant Rumble and Kick. Unless twitch is helping itself somehow. 🤔 /s

Edit: also this is my 1st comment on this site, hello everyone. 👋 Lol

[–] pleasemakesense 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunate that kick.com is getting more traction, since it's basically just meant to draw people into gambling on stake

[–] seejur 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh I kind of.understand ads: you have server costs that needs to be paid. What I absolutely do not understand is charging ridiculous api prices when they could send those ads like the desktop website does. It makes me really think that the main issue here was to kill 3rd party apps more than monetization

[–] Rakonat 3 points 1 year ago

Different takes I've heard was the API was setup in such a way it was going to a massive legal liability in the near future especially for EU regions. They no longer have the know how to fix it and close the gaps, they needed a way to cut off the API. And since legal terms of how that API was setup they can't simply turn it off, they instead resorted to unrealistic demands and costs on the third party to get everyone to stop using it so they can quietly turn it off.