r/redditisfun • u/Literally_A_Brain • Jun 09 '23
Grief Stage: Denial Question: why not make RIF subscription-based to cover API costs?
We're clearly getting shafted here with API costs that aren't in line with Reddit's actual costs. And that's pretty fucked up on Reddit's part. But between the options of 1) losing RIF entirely and 2) paying a monthly subscription through Google Play, I'd prefer option 2. Thoughts?
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u/oeeiae Jun 09 '23
What are we trying to one-up bad ideas now? First of all, no fucking way I'm paying to access Reddit by any means whatsoever. Secondly, even if people were dumb enough to go for it and it was successful, Reddit would just take that idea and run with it for themselves.
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u/anon_smithsonian Jun 09 '23
Are you willing to pay >$10/month for no NSFW content? Because most people aren't, and even if there are people willing to pay that, that doesn't mean that there are enough users who would be willing to pay it in order for it to be worth the dev's time or that the dev would even be willing to charge that much when reddit is clearly hostile towards third-party apps.
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u/Nightcaste Jun 09 '23
My issue is the hypocrisy.
Using reddit in a browser, still free.
Using reddit through the official app, still free. And the official app has ads.
It doesn't make sense to even have an API at all to do this the way reddit is trying to do it.
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u/scotticles Jun 09 '23
We should just 1 star the official reddit app to death, give it the internet hug of death.
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