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An Update regarding Reddit's API (www.reddit.com)
submitted 1 year ago by nachtigall@feddit.de to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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Seems like API access will become monetized (like Twitter did it). This will probably kill off most third party apps if users are forced into subscriptions (see for example statement from Apollo)

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[–] ray@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Funny there is no mention of Lemmy that I can see on the thread. Edit: Yes there is! https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/12qwagm/an_update_regarding_reddits_api/jgv4nh9/

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Based u/mukidon.

It would be nice if there was an exodus to lemmy like when Musk bought Twitter and many fled to Mastodon.

[–] xevizero@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well this news prompted me to discover this place, so there's a chance it could happen.

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

That's great! Welcome to Lemmy :-)

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

will this have effect on teddit.net or libreddit.eu.org?

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like both teddit and libreddit make use of the API, so probably yes. Maybe they will start scraping like NewPipe and Piped do.

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oh no - i really hoped they do so already.

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This comment from two days ago from Apollo didn't age to well...

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Help spread the word over ther, about lemmy if you can. This problem is only going to get worse, until eventually reddit's API gets as locked down as twitter.

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lets see how this goes - probably will get down-voted or banned for this.

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For every downvoter there are 10 lurkers that might as well join lemmy

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

hope those 30 lurkers feel welcome to contribute here ;D