[TeMPOraL]

Indeed. I'd happily pay Reddit directly for an API key if that let me run RIF in a "bring your own key" mode. They could split the profits between themselves and app dev. I'm surprised no one is proposing this. But I guess this comes down to people willing and able to pay to avoid adtech cancer being actually the most profitable cohort for the advertisers...

[tcrenshaw]

I would have happily paid reddit directly for an API key before this debacle. Now I'm not so sure.

On the bright side, avoiding reddit this week has shown me just how much time I waste on the site.

[paulmd]

> I'm surprised no one is proposing this.

this is explicitly blocked by TOS. You can notionally do it by taking a "RedditIsFun" APK and injecting your own API key and then sideloading, but they'll do app store takedowns for any third-party app that supports it natively (because it's a TOS violation).

[opello]

Presumably one of the app store platform's terms of service?

[paulmd]

it's part of the reddit terms of service. And in turn Apple has a policy of not hosting software that exists primarily to violate ToS.

Google has a similar policy in general but sideloading makes it relatively pointless.