Sorry, but I’ve just come over from nbacirlejerk and I’ve become convinced this is the stupidest shit in existence lol r/nba closed down during the biggest game of the season so that, like, a handful of developers could sell apps?
If you’re so into reddit that you have to download an app, it’s gulag time.
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I think fucking up reddit is a noble, if doomed, cause.
I also think this was entirely predictable. APIs get put in place to help a small platform gain adoption. Once a company grows big enough, and they try to monetize, an API is just a liability so they tighten the screws. As soon as reddit announced an ipo, this was already written.
It’s just one more example of capital making something intentionally worse so they can sell a solution.
