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>>robbie+(OP)
The reality is that Apollo doesn't serve intrusive ads, and thus, every user using Apollo instead of their own first party apps is lost revenue. Unfortunately, reddit is in that late stage monetization step where they need to prove they are capable of big revenue to justify a high IPO share price.

One can only hope there'll be a watershed moment like the one that killed Digg. So far, reddit has been very careful raising the temperature so as to not scare the frog before it's dead.

>>api_or+vL
in my opinion, a good middle ground would be to make third-party apps only usable if you're subscribed to Reddit Premium.

That way you don't give the data freely, you could make each API keys provided to the user with limits that won't impact normal navigation but would cripple automated data capture, and you'd solve the issue where third-party apps aren't fed ads by sustaining the platform through subscription.

>>m-p-3+9N
I remain shocked this wasn't Musk's approach with Twitter; make API access part of Twitter Blue.

>>ceejay+KS
Considering Twitter Blue isn't ad-free, not that surprised. I'd rather have ad-free paid option than what I get currently with Blue.

>>tracke+nV
What even is the point of Blue?

We already know that the "verification" it provides is functionally worthless.

These days it seems like anyone with a blue checkmark is just asking to get made fun of.

>>babypu+k51
Blue seems to be a "less likely to be a bot" badge.

Considering that I've seen ChatGPT-type comments in various subreddits, I expect paid social media like Twitter Blue, Reddit Premium and Discord Nitro being pushed even more in the future.

>>bmarqu+981
> Blue seems to be a "less likely to be a bot" badge.

It's not working. https://imgur.com/a/6blpTqF