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Because they're also taking this opportunity to change rate limiting from client_id+user_id to just client_id.

To stay inside the free tier, you get 1000 requests spread over 10 minutes (their current spike-smoothing behaviour) across your entire user base.

>>jamie_+(OP)
I'm not that great at APIs.

Is client_id something you have to register with reddit?

So you can't, for example have a client_id per user?

What if you as the app maker forced all your users who want to use your app to go register for their free personal client_id for their own personal API use, and then you have them give that client_id to the app along with their OAuth with they log in?

I am just trying to understand why a third party app can't just be a "software shell" that individual users can use to access reddit through their own personal free API limits as if they were just some individual accessing reddit through the API.

>>SirMas+L4
> Is client_id something you have to register with reddit?

Yes.

>>SirMas+L4
client_id is effectively "apollo" in this context.

>>JoshGl+Tc
Yes, GP's question is why can't I go register "apollo_pb7" and give Apollo my secret token so it can make requests on my behalf?