[OhHiMarkos]

This is a great idea and I think I heard a few good ideas and even thought of my self a few, about how Reddit could be more profitable. Which is weird, why they went with the API model. It's really suspicious. It's like they want to raise its value fast and dump it. It really looks like the want to sell Reddit.

[ipaddr]

You would block google traffic causing the site to drop to 20% traffic over asking power users to pay for api access?

[chrischen]

Better than what they are doing now risking losing 80% of traffic. I mean, blocking Google has costs, but the argument here is the gain of control and revenue makes up for it. Blocking Google is also more of a concern for smaller brands and sites, but Reddit is probably Facebook/Instagram level of users (at least in the US). Most of reddit's traffic is probably coming from retained users, shared links and social media, not random searches.