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Reddit isn't profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform's API

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[–] Dark_Arc 166 points 1 year ago (34 children)

The funny thing is... for me it wasn't even the API changes, it was how Steve reacted to the community feedback. If you need to make your app profitable that's fine by me, but don't ignore your customers so bluntly. They could've easily worked politely with devs to find an agreeable API price, find alternative funding streams for those devs, etc. They did none of that, instead Steve acted like a jerk.

[–] Historical_General -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, we all see his extremely punchable face. Simultaneously blond and ginger and rat-like. It's a big reason I'm off reddit.

[–] MrCrankyBastard 3 points 1 year ago

Not that you're wrong, but the rodent comparison, in light of reading this on Lemmy, gave me a chortle.

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