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Exactly! There is absolutely nothing wrong for both third-party developers using Reddit and Reddit itself to be profitable. However, Reddit's leadership has decided this absolutely cannot fly.
There's general broad agreement that if Reddit wants to charge for API access, that's fine, but the prices and timelines are absolutely not practical for any third-party developer. All existing third-party applications today get by because of an exemption (signed under NDA). The fact that Narwhal's developer has not divulged the specifics of the agreement and has generally pussy-footed around it when asked speaks volumes about Reddit's "transparency".
There were so many ways to monetize this out of the users directly instead of going after third-party developers; instead Reddit decided that the third-party developers were a direct enemy and competitor, rather than a value-added component of their platform. It's absolutely stupid.