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The Verge reacting to Reddit's spokesperson trying to discredit them (pixel.tchncs.de)
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Third party app users only made up ~3% of total reddit traffic. The revenue potential there is miniscule. It was never about the money, but about control.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't trust reddit reporting that value accurately. Not saying it is a huge percentage, but they likely doing some things to minimize the numerator and maximize the denominator.

    But yeah, definitely about control. They could have monetized users on third party apps with more reasonable API pricing. People would probably have barely noticed and that'd be new revenue for reddit that didn't exist before.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If they charged 1/3 of what they are for third party clients to access the API and required Reddit Premium for API access…. They could have made a mint! Plus they could have reported huge upticks in subscribers to their service. THAT would have looked good to Wall Street for an IPO.

    Instead we get this fuster cluck.

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