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Significant increase in non-human/bot accounts makes it difficult to know whether you're actually talking to a real person anymore.
I was not personally affected by API changes and do not sympathize with for-profit 3rd party developers, however reddit's withdrawal of support for communities like Transcribers of Reddit is mean-spirited and marginalizes our friends and neighbours who want to enjoy social media like everyone else.
Nothing good ever happens for an existing userbase when an organization/product joins the zombie death-march of publicly-traded assets. Capitalism will inevitably ruin everything it encounters, and reddit will not be spared from this outcome.
Genuinely curious why
From my understanding many of them are more than willing to pay for API access, but Reddit is making the prices unreasonable
My remark is probably too harsh. I meant that companies developing for-profit products based on another company's product/infrastructure, which they do not own, will be subject to whatever changes the latter decides to make. Any company that develops such a product should understand and take that into consideration. That said, I think reddit made a mistake re: its pricing for API access because the site benefits from that collaboration more than is harmed. However, if reddit wants to cut off its nose to spite its face they're entitled to do so, just as we're entitled to leave.
For sure, I completely agree
In no way is Reddit responsible for providing 3rd party API access.
A big part of the frustration for me is them pretending like they are still doing the right thing by continuing to provide it. When in reality it is simply not affordable
Agree completely! Reddit has never been in the business of 'doing the right thing' and these API fees are clearly designed to discourage third-party developers. Reddit leadership do not seem to understand what drives the value of their own product and have badly misread both their short- and long-term futures, so the experiment will likely end in failure.