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As Apollo and other apps close down, Narwhal seemingly agrees to one-off deal with Reddit to stay in business (9to5mac.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess I thought the whole issue was even if the app was not commercial, in order for users to actually make it work they need to use reddit API and that's unsustainable since it cost money regardless. Maybe that's where my misunderstanding stems from. I'm not the most tech savvy with all this API stuff.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Your understanding is correct, but reddit did announce exemptions for noncommercial apps and accessibility apps (without defining the latter term). IIUC reddit said something along the lines of "we shouldn't be lunprofitable while third party apps are profitable."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

IIUC reddit said something along the lines of "we shouldn't be unprofitable while third party apps are profitable."

They did, ignoring the fact that the scales are completely different and the fact that the 3PAs helped mods and engaged, contributing members provide content and services that Reddit didn't have to pay for, thereby mitigating or maybe even completely counterbalancing the costs of supporting them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I just tried to state what they said - in my defense i never said that what they said made sense because as you just said it doesn't really make sense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think they said noncommercial and accessibility apps but rather noncommercial accessibility apps

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah possible. Maybe Narwhal 1 was still able to get an exemption under this rule (because reddit never defined what an accessibility app was) and is just keeping mum about or downplaying the accessibility angle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

without defining the latter term

Which is why many of us rolled our eyes and ignored the statement as usual lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup. Count myself as one of the eye rollers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Finally getting a complete understanding. Appreciate the info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It seems like there’s going to be a super premium tier for power users to cover that cost