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Which gives me an idea for the opposite conspiracy theory: Reddit didn't raise API pricing that much to kill 3rd parties, they lifted it because the admins realized how instrumental they are in spreading disinformation from unfriendly governments, and could actually get them to pay.
Thats exactly what I'm thinking, and also that Reddit is expecting there to be moderators of the subreddits based upon the financial resources of the subreddits' subject. And not just from ambitious governments, but commercial enterprises also.
So perhaps Microsoft employs a mod, and so does Apple, probably game devs and sports leagues and so on so that those moderators will be able to be controlled via the financial arrangements between Reddit and the NFL, or Reddit and Apple, and none of the messy business of courting consumers' real opinions has to come into play.
"Too big to fail" commercial subreddits could become overtly supported by Reddit.
Agreed