Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by robbiet480 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:30 PM UTC

Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing
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Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by robbiet480 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

I'm shocked that Reddit has done this mere weeks after Twitter destroyed their thriving ecosystem of bots and apps by introducing horrific pricing.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by raydev » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

robbiet480 wrote: post #2

I'm shocked that Reddit has done this mere weeks after Twitter destroyed their thriving ecosystem of bots and apps by introducing horrific pricing.

What's funny is that Reddit's pricing is indeed more reasonable than Twitter's, but it's still too high to be make cheap third party clients feasible.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by jmclnx » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

I think it has all to do with AI accessing sites for "training", you can't blame reddit for wanting a piece of the action. Is the price high ? To me it is, but for a large company doing AI, probably not.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by enlyth » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

raydev wrote: post #3

robbiet480 wrote: post #2

I'm shocked that Reddit has done this mere weeks after Twitter destroyed their thriving ecosystem of bots and apps by introducing horrific pricing.

What's funny is that Reddit's pricing is indeed more reasonable than Twitter's, but it's still too high to be make cheap third party clients feasible.

It's probably the point, they want the official app to be the only choice, so they can control everything and show you more unblockable ads.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by 2Gkashmiri » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

raydev wrote: post #3

robbiet480 wrote: post #2

I'm shocked that Reddit has done this mere weeks after Twitter destroyed their thriving ecosystem of bots and apps by introducing horrific pricing.

What's funny is that Reddit's pricing is indeed more reasonable than Twitter's, but it's still too high to be make cheap third party clients feasible.

any dollar amount more than 0 is too much for an open source app like infinity or redreader who do not charge any money from users

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by willio58 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:55 PM UTC

Wow, that price is insane. To me, that's pretty clearly a shot at any competitor apps for Reddit. Purely anti-competitive behavior here, which to me is silly. Let other apps pop up to better serve your users. At the end of the day, they are still your users and you might learn things from the other apps.

Who ever came up with that price is looking for short-term profits over user happiness and long-term growth.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by grrrate » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:56 PM UTC

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Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by RobotToaster » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

enlyth wrote: post #5

raydev wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's funny is that Reddit's pricing is indeed more reasonable than Twitter's, but it's still too high to be make cheap third party clients feasible.

It's probably the point, they want the official app to be the only choice, so they can control everything and show you more unblockable ads.

I can see revanced reddit becoming a lot more popular soon.

Re: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing

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Post by duskwuff » Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

jmclnx wrote: post #4

I think it has all to do with AI accessing sites for "training", you can't blame reddit for wanting a piece of the action. Is the price high ? To me it is, but for a large company doing AI, probably not.

If it was about restricting access for AI training data, I'd expect them to give developers of actual, well-known client apps a break.