They aren’t just monetizing they are editing which content shows up in the API, so it’s not just a matter of passing on costs, it’s a question of driving users to the corporate platforms.
We need an open pledge with consequences for companies who offer APIs at this point. Like Twitter, Reddit is screwing their third party ecosystem for shareholder metrics that will help their valuation, and it seems like it’s the pattern over-and-over again.
The shittification of the user experience always happens when the investors want to get paid, and the third parties that invested their lives and livelihoods into the companies precious promises are holding the bag as always. I feel like Reddit used their third party developers and joe are straight up harvesting their efforts — what dev is ever going to want to do this again?
Makes it almost impossible to warrant the effort of building a third party API-based ecosystem. I wonder if that’s something that can be fixed with licenses or something?
They aren’t just monetizing they are editing which content shows up in the API, so it’s not just a matter of passing on costs, it’s a question of driving users to the corporate platforms.
We need an open pledge with consequences for companies who offer APIs at this point. Like Twitter, Reddit is screwing their third party ecosystem for shareholder metrics that will help their valuation, and it seems like it’s the pattern over-and-over again.
The shittification of the user experience always happens when the investors want to get paid, and the third parties that invested their lives and livelihoods into the companies precious promises are holding the bag as always. I feel like Reddit used their third party developers and joe are straight up harvesting their efforts — what dev is ever going to want to do this again?
Makes it almost impossible to warrant the effort of building a third party API-based ecosystem. I wonder if that’s something that can be fixed with licenses or something?