[csallen]

This is why you don't build a business on top of someone else's rug.

[matwood]

Businesses are almost always built on top of someone else. What you need to make sure of is that your financial interests are aligned.

[User23]

Which is to say have a contract that your counterparty can’t redefine freely.

[rs999gti]

Was there a contract or SLA for the free Reddit API?

If not, then there isn't much to complain about

[User23]

The terms of service are the default contract. Presumably it has a we-can-screw-you-whenever clause, but sometimes the corporate lawyers screw up and you can actually get them for violating their own ToS.

[satvikpendem]

Indeed, Courtland, and even on IndieHackers you see a lot of stories about platform risk, platforms which indie hackers often use to build a good product but always seem surprised that they got rugged, as if the previous X stories didn't show that it inevitably happens.

[toomuchtodo]

Build your own rug before the rug pull comes.

[djbusby]

Its rugs all the way down!