If Reddit's Paid API plans become reality, free third-party Reddit apps are doomed - gHacks Tech News

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If Reddit's Paid API plans become reality, free third-party Reddit apps are doomed - gHacks Tech News

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Daryl Sun ( @darylsun@beehaw.org )

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

Reddit plans to charge for API access later this year, and this could mean the end of all free third-party Reddit apps and several paid apps.

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jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org )
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This already happened when they closed the source of the site years ago
- possiblylinux127 ( @possiblylinux127@beehaw.org )
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  There is still the old reddit and Foss clients
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    Which all use the same API

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