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by menus 1111 days ago
The API pricing is what Reddit claims to be "server cost break even point". https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_upda...

Christian's (Apollo developer) math of $20 million a year in API cost is based off of Reddit's entire revenue for the year and not just breakeven costs. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_ca...

> Was the asking price really so unreasonable?

Most third-party apps have announced shutdown plans. they would not do this if the pricing was reasonable.