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andsoitis on June 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit Doubles Down

Could it be that most Reddit traffic is via web, and so it isn't worthwhile?

jupp0r on June 14, 2023 [–]

Then why is it worthwhile to alienate all users with these API restrictions just so that users move to in house mobile apps?

andsoitis on June 15, 2023 | [–]

Could be:

a) 30% on mobile app (made up) would be less than 70% web, but still sizable!

a) Scraping by generative AI companies, etc.?

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