Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20261001100032/https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
I thought API access was already dead? Thats the reason a lot of us are here… (But not the reason we stayed ;) )
Free API access was dead. API still existed but every user needed their own key and it was IIRC paid, even for dev work.
Now it seems they’re just closing it down entirely.
They made it paid
RedReader still works with Reddit on the basis it’s providing accessibility features which was a carve out they got during the exodus.
Things like Stealth never used the API but did scraping which I think is dead now due to mandatory login.