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Plaintiff is fat said:
I wonder if any of the apps is going to try to become a standalone reddit alternative. They're already installed on tens of thousands of devices, have good ratings, the app would only need minor tweaking. Might be worth a shot if the other option is to kill the free version and nerf the paid one.
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lol just change the server to their own in an app update quietly, people keep posting, start noticing they can say words they couldn't before...
 
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Reddit defends the homeless.
 
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NoReturn said:
I don't remember if this was posted already, and Tor is making search slow, but this video essay is good if anyone needs something to listen to while doing chores:
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Can someone tell me where the BGM that starts playing at 8:50 is from? I swear i heard it a million times before but i can't remember if it's from vidya or a movie/show. It's driving me insane right now that i can't remember, talk about autism.
 
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Plaintiff is fat said:
I wonder if any of the apps is going to try to become a standalone reddit alternative. They're already installed on tens of thousands of devices, have good ratings, the app would only need minor tweaking. Might be worth a shot if the other option is to kill the free version and nerf the paid one.
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They would have to remake the reddit backend, which would cost more than api access
 
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quaawaa said:
Reddit is killing third-party apps by charging an absurdly high fee for API access ($20 million a year for Apollo, the most popular iOS reddit app):
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publicly ridiculed (archive)
they said they crossed $100M in quarterly revenue for the first time ever (archive)
they said they hit 430 million monthly active users (archive)
inline with industry estimates as well (archive)
Source (Archive)
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:story: 430 million active users. This must be like the post analytics they offer, where they say over 1000 people looked at your post, but your own site says only 8 actually clicked the link in the post.
 
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sadrefrigerator said:
They would have to remake the reddit backend, which would cost more than api access
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It's posts, subforums, nested comments and updoots, it's not self-driving cars. Non-vital features can wait. These apps are not only going to lose money on the API fees, but also the ban on running ads. Might as well do something with the free version installed on a ton of devices. If anyone ever had a shot at becoming a sustainable offshoot it's these apps.
 
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Plaintiff is fat said:
It's posts, subforums, nested comments and updoots, it's not self-driving cars. Non-vital features can wait. These apps are not only going to lose money on the API fees, but also the ban on running ads. Might as well do something with the free version installed on a ton of devices. If anyone ever had a shot at becoming a sustainable offshoot it's these apps.
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On the surface it seems simple, but at scale, its increasingly complex and expensive. Apollo already has enough usage that they would need to setup servers, databases, distribution centers, proxies and a whole lot of other stuff noone knows at the moment. A lot of this stuff is figured out step by step when a company grows; noone sets up an app to support millions MAU from the start. Theres also a lot of proprietary solutions reddit has to make its tech work that only the employees who work on it know about. They would also have to hire a team to build it out. Their usage is already too high for off the shelf solutions.
Reddit can charge what it charges for the API because they built out the product already. Free apis were a loss leader for growth, which isn't important anymore when venture capital isn't free.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
Trying to defend junkies leaving needles on trains and in parks for Timmy to step on is peak reddit. Maybe get a job ya bums
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Their brains just automatically go right for whatever would be the simplest and also opposite and contrary to "dad's" opinion on things.

Lots of them walking around with stovetop-coil shaped burns on their palms I bet.
 
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