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>>robbie+(OP)
> Even if I only kept subscription users, the average Apollo user uses 344 requests per day, which would cost $2.50 per month, which is over double what the subscription currently costs, so I'd be in the red every month.

I just don't understand why developers underprice their apps so much. You're talking about an app that people are constantly raving about, and that people use for multiple hours per day. Charge $5/month, that's half the price of Netflix or Disney+.

>>jdminh+H8
What percent of the app's current customer base do you think would stick around at paying $5 a month to browse r/funny on the phone?

>>cool_d+Ob
Who cares? It doesn't matter one bit. OP built a profitable business off free API access. That is the mistake here... assuming it would always be free.

>>Alupis+2c
It matters a lot if most of the userbase relies on these separate businesses to either read or moderate the site, as seems to be the case.

>>cool_d+9e
It wasn't a bad bet, the API was free for well over a decade. I'm sure he made a ton of money as the sole developer of the most popular reddit app (next to the official one) on Iphone. I bet he has zero regrets.