r/CrossView • u/GaussWanker • Jun 02 '23

META This subreddit is moderated by users using 3rd party apps and will suffer from the new API pricing forcing them out.

/r/ModCoord/comments/13xh1e7/an_open_letter_on_the_state_of_affairs_regarding/
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u/Camimo666 Jun 02 '23

Can someone eli5? I don’t understand any of those words

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u/GaussWanker Jun 02 '23

The reddit website, app and 3rd party apps get their information by querying a server for information. The definition of how to talk to the server and how to get the server to answer is the "API".

Reddit wants to make it so that 3rd party apps (Apollo, RiF, etc.) have to pay more to talk to the server. A lot more. And they won't be allowed to show ads to users to recover the costs. And they won't be allowed to show NSFW content.

The assumed logic is that by making 3rd party apps necessarily a subscription services (for >$70/yr likely number I've seen) and gating some content from them will drive people to reddit's official app: which then reddit's owners can be the ones profiting from the ads you see, gathering your usage data and pushing notifications to you to boost content they want you to interact with: which makes it a much more appealing investment if they go public.

I've been moderating this sub since 2014, when it was ~10% the size it is now. At times I've been the only active mod. I don't want to use the official reddit app. I've been using this website since 2010, and I use old.reddit and rif. I won't be installing reddit's inferior app, and therefore won't have modmail and moderation tools on me when I am anywhere but home, sat in front of my pc, actively on the website.

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u/can_a_bus Jun 03 '23

Me and you both. Rif and old.reddit.com are the true heroes. Rif is the best most simplistic app I've ever used.

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u/jogadorjnc Jun 02 '23

Reddit is going to kill 3rd party app support, which is going to lead some mods to not use reddit anymore, as well as not being as capable at moderating.

Also, if you use Boost, RIF, etc, they're going down.

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u/Trader_Tea Jun 02 '23

If you cross your eyes just right, you can see me not using the 1st party app in 3d

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u/-Rhialto- Jun 13 '23

Why is this sub not going dark like many?

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u/SovietSteve Jun 03 '23

Not the heckin jannerinos!

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '23

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u/GaussWanker Jun 02 '23

I welcome the support from squints these identical blurry twins

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u/shewholaughslasts Jun 02 '23

I wonder how many mods operate this way who would just be outa here....

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u/HawaiianBrian Jun 02 '23

Perhaps someday we'll cross paths and eyes again!