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It's been clearly stated multiple times that the 3rd party developers are willing to pay a reasonable price (and already do for other providers), so by claiming they want a "free forever service" either you are aware of this fact and intentionally being deceptive or you are willingly remaining ignorant by refusing to read anything they've said.

[ummonk]

And notably RIF had even been paying reddit in the past as part of a branding agreement until Steve Huffman became CEO and terminated the agreement.