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Relay For Reddit dev is considering monthly subscription of $2-3 (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

a $2 base subscription with an extra $1 for notifications

This for me is the stupid part about this, reddit is forcing developers to paywall any functionality.
Want the app to automatically refresh your subs each day? $0.5 please.
Want faster loads of each sub? $1 (Sleig mentioned Apollo first pulls 20 posts and then 100 to improve loading, so 2 requests instead of 1).
You reached the average number of calls: do you want continue for $1?
(I'm guessing mods take more requests since they have to see more context about users, posts, comments) do you want mod tools? $2
Is mod mail a separate request? If so then: would you like to have it for $1 more?

And on and on with every new feature which requires more requests than normal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Realistically they'll probably have to just directly charge users per api calls, just like how Reddit is charging them. All it would take is a few people abusing the app (potentially with bots/automation or even just a super active account that mods a bunch of big subs) and suddenly the dev owes reddit thousands of dollars while they are only receiving $3-10 from the abusive/hyperactive users!