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Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark (www.pcmag.com)

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'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Aaron Swartz will always be the real spiritual founder of what Reddit was at its best for me. Huffman will be the fool that didn't understand the ethos of it and drove it into the ground in his greed.