• simple@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Makes literally no sense to me that Reddit couldn’t afford to provide a price exception to 3rd party apps that have helped grow their community and website over the years. I’ve been using Reddit Is Fun for almost a decade now, and I’m not switching to their official app.

    Companies are getting too comfortable when they have no competition. Really hope a Fediverse alternative will kick off like Mastodon did (ironically I’m placing my bets on kbin even though I use Lemmy. Seems like the simpler alternative that’ll be easier to invite people over).

    • Krik@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      You can’t charge apps differently for the same stuff or people will sue you.

      Reddit wants to bring them all down. I wouldn’t be surprised if they take down the entire API in a year to save money.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        You can. Companies do it all the time. Being grandfathered in is why people still pay pences on their cellphone plans from major providers, for example. I don’t think it’s the answer in this particular scenario, though.

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        1 year ago

        What are you talking about? Anyone working in B2B sales know there are no such things as list prices. Everything is negotiated.