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>>stanis+(OP)
I don't really understand why it had to be this way. It's so easy to think of other ways this could have been handled. Even just announcing the same change with 6 months of lead time rather than 1 month would have gone over better. Or boil the frog and gradually introduce API restrictions. It's as if the CEO is purposefully being as belligerent as possible to rile people up.

>>extr+k4
Or they're broke and reddit is soon to be bankrupt.

But even so, if they had just said that, the outcome would be so much different. Because as of now it seems like they're fucking people over for the sake of fucking them over.

>>Commit+R4
How is charging for an API which costs them money "fucking people over"?

>>perroh+bi
Giving 30 days notice for people using the API to adjust their entire revenue model. 4 months after saying "hey don't worry we're not going to charge for the API this year".

This isn't just about an API becoming paid. It's clear they want to phase out 3rd party apps without saying it out loud.