▲ 15 ▼ Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps” (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by okcool@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments Thousands of subreddits are still dark.
[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) It was never designed to support third-party apps. My brother in Christ… you bought a third party app that used the API permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Wait... they bought a third party app and rechristened it the official Reddit app? permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkWasp@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn’t the entire purpose of an API to provide access to other developers in the first place? It seems like he’s happy others did creative work for him and now he wants to take it and kick the ladder away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It is literally the only reason to make an API public permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Wait... they bought a third party app and rechristened it the official Reddit app? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkWasp@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn’t the entire purpose of an API to provide access to other developers in the first place? It seems like he’s happy others did creative work for him and now he wants to take it and kick the ladder away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It is literally the only reason to make an API public permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It is literally the only reason to make an API public permalink fedilink source parent