if you want to post links or discuss Reddit over the next while, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy, thanks! (a more formal body may be forthcoming, but that’ll come in the morning if so)

    •  The Cuuuuube   ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 
      English
      31•11 months ago

      There are three possibilities.

      1. The developer thinks maybe they can make this work. Maybe there’s a combination of a lower limit of API calls and an upper limit of what people are willing to pay for their app that will let them keep going.
      2. The developer’s lawyer recommended that to sue reddit for destroying their livelihood they would need to demonstrate that they had tries with the new system and it wasn’t feasible in order to make their case stronger
      3. The developer wants to take advantage of the third party landscape being just them now

      Personally I think the first one is the most likely. It seems naive and bound for failure. But its also the least conspiracy theory and doesn’t assume malice

      •  a_statistician   ( @a_statistician@programming.dev ) English
        8•11 months ago

        The developer’s lawyer recommended that to sue reddit for destroying their livelihood they would need to demonstrate that they had tries with the new system and it wasn’t feasible in order to make their case stronger

        Not sure how you get a cause of action for someone else’s business decisions messing with your business, as a general rule. How would that work? I’m legitimately curious.

        •  The Cuuuuube   ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 
          English
          2•11 months ago

          Oh man I just answered someone else asking about that as well. Basically my stance is that the people who think that are wrong, but that the argument would need to be grounded on the concept that Reddit’s actions were not in line with their agreements. I don’t think anyone would (or should) take this up as I think it’s a very weak argument and Reddit has more legal power than a third party developer possibly could.

          As I said in my comment, I think that the most likely is just this developer thinks they can maybe make this work

        •  The Cuuuuube   ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 
          English
          1•11 months ago

          It would not be on the grounds that Reddit is responsible for providing livelihood, but instead that Reddit failed to live up to their promises and agreements. Personally, I think that’s the least likely of the three as there’s almost no way a third party app developer has the lawyers to take on Reddit’s legal team, and it sounds like a really weak case. It’s jsut something I’ve seen people theorizing so I wanted to put it into the world. As I said, I think this is just as simple as the developer thinks they can make this work