Reddit’s unpopular decision to revise its API pricing in a move that’s forcing third-party apps out of business has taken a weird turn. In an AMA hosted today by Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, aka u/spez on the internet forum site, the exec doubled down on accusations against the developer behind the well-liked third-party […]
  • @NeonPayloadEnglish
    30•1 year ago

    In the comments, though, ReddPlanet’s developer (u/lupeski, aka Tony Lupeski) said “this is a blatant lie,” noting that he had tried multiple times to get in contact with Reddit regarding these changes and had been ignored. Another indie app developer said they had filled out a request for Enterprise API access three times and had received no response. They’re not even giving api access to people who could pay. What lying shits.

    • @sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.orgEnglish
      13•1 year ago

      Pro tip: if you’re doing a line break, you need to add two spaces at the end of the previous line if you want the next one to actually break.
      It makes it look like this.

      Or you can press enter twice, which looks like this.

      And yeah, if they breathe, they lie. That’s the commonality between Steve and his cronies.

      • @NeonPayloadEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        Thanks for the heads up; I should have used the preview button.