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   Cody Bromley (codybrom@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 03:29:32 JST Cody Bromley

   • Lemmy
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   • Christian Selig

   Reddit's new API pricing is completely unhinged. @christianselig, maker of the popular iOS Reddit client Apollo is being asked to pony up $2 million per month to keep the lights on for his app. Even if he restricted access to just his subscribers, the API cost per average user is more than he charges. Reddit promised reasonable pricing, but now it feels like a rug pull.

   Can someone convince him to adapt Apollo for @LemmyDev instead?

   Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

   #iOSApps @socialmedianews

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     Cody Bromley (codybrom@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 03:39:31 JST Cody Bromley

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     • Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:
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     @socialmedianews

     On this subject, @paul, the former developer of third-party Twitter-client Tweetbot who pivoted to launch the Mastodon-client @ivory, posted this earlier:

     "Reddit is totally pulling a Twitter.

     I'd say a Reddit client is at least technically possible, unlike Twitter, but pricing would have to be around $10/month which really reduces the # of users that would be willing to pay to where it may just not be financially viable."

     Original Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

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     Cody Bromley (codybrom@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 10:16:53 JST Cody Bromley

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     @socialmedianews

     The pessimist in me wants to speculate that #Reddit knows that this move is bad and is doing it anyways because natural growth just ain’t cutting it anymore. When you take the VC money you have to deliver VC returns, so unless you’re the unicorn that prints money you have to find more creative ways of generating revenue.

     This is the future big tech was always headed for. We have to help people get to the fediverse ASAP!