Is that a net negative for them though? Unless you're a really active or popular poster, you're probably just costing them money browsing the site and not looking at ads.
To be fair, people have been saying this for years, and it's still yet to happen.
It is, however, true that they've been slowly adding features that can't be accessed via an API, so I think the more likely scenario is that they'll just try to make third-party apps artificially less competitive, betting that it might add up long term.
Sure, in another 10 years or so. They have increased headcount 10x and VC investment 10x but execution is forever stuck at "worse than Twitter" levels.
brycewray|3 years ago
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Dear Reddit,
What a coincidence. You've stopped allowing third-party apps to have access to your API, and I've stopped visiting your site.
Sincerely,
A Former User
sp332|3 years ago
leadingthenet|3 years ago
It is, however, true that they've been slowly adding features that can't be accessed via an API, so I think the more likely scenario is that they'll just try to make third-party apps artificially less competitive, betting that it might add up long term.
stefan_|3 years ago
stjohnswarts|3 years ago
stjohnswarts|3 years ago