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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It made more sense when it was just about building awareness. We're well past that point, management is aware. We got our "take it or leave it" answer from spez.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is the sad truth. I honestly can't wait until Spez finds out that his glorified RSS feed isn't worth as much as he thought it was come the IPO. One of their investors already got the memo.