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>>stanis+(OP)
Usual bait and switch from Reddit. Pretty much all investor funded companies follow this path sooner or later. Lock the platform, squeeze the profit. Sad, but not much can be done about it.

>>tanana+g2
> Usual bait and switch from Reddit.

Providing an API for free for 15 years. Yeah, total bait and switch.

>>tredre+V4
15 years of leaving money on the table. Not quite at the level of Uber in terms of setting money on fire, but respectable nonetheless.

>>arcane+w6
The bots enabled by the free api was what allowed Reddit to transition from a small hangout into "the front page of the internet". Without the bots and tools enabled by the free api the site will rapidly devolve into a cesspool like Facebook.