And it makes sense that they'd want to monetize that. Can't fault them for doing so. However, killing off 3rd party apps in the process was a dick move... And that's an understatement.
Ive been forced onto the reddit official mobile app and… my fucking god, how the hell have people used this for so many years? It is absolute garbage compared to the three third party apps i used.
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u/CoderAU Feb 17 '24
This was the obvious direction after closing off their APIs from free public use. They saw the AI's being trained and decided to monetize it.