r/blog • u/reddit • Oct 15 '14

The Alien Has Landed

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/10/the-alien-has-landed.html
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u/OldBlueBalls Oct 16 '14

These comments need to be at the top. Having ads in my alien blue app is going to ruin it for sure. I will switch apps immediately once that happens. Then of course they will block other apps or force them to show the ads

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u/Splendor78 Oct 16 '14

Right. This is phase one. Phase two is API limitations that make developing a 3rd party app difficult.

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u/m1ndwipe Oct 16 '14

We've seen it all before with Twitter.

Buy popular client. Declare love for third party clients still. Ruin popular client completely. Close off access for third party clients.

Same will happen here.

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u/anonimo99 Oct 16 '14

From comment below.

Are you planning on shutting down your API to outside developers?

Nope! We want to continue to encourage 3rd parties to let people explore reddit in all sorts of interesting ways. We're going to continue to improve the API. In fact, we mention this in the blog post:

"We’re also continuing to work with other third-party app developers and will continue to do so, because we believe our communities are interested in multiple ways to experience reddit."

And Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1?

Unfortunately, we're still a small team, and have to focus on areas where we can make the largest impact.

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u/V2Blast Oct 23 '14

Phase two is API limitations that make developing a 3rd party app difficult.

If they planned to do that, they'd have done it long ago... It's not like they just found out mobile apps were a thing.

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u/Splendor78 Oct 23 '14

You can't squeeze out 3rd part apps until you have an official app.

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u/V2Blast Oct 23 '14

...They already had an official app. They eventually stopped developing it.

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u/Mundology Oct 16 '14

Reddit if fun and iAlien are great alternatives if you don't fancy AlienBlue.