0485@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 1 year agoReddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Darkuk.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square534fedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down132
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minus-squareBanzai51@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoThe reason Reddit doesn’t want to do that is they can harvest and sell so much more user profile data if they funnel everything through themselves. That is what they are selling to investors.
minus-squaretaj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYup. I get it too. ‘We’ll lock down and get rid of the 3rd party apps, just give us a couple of months.’
The reason Reddit doesn’t want to do that is they can harvest and sell so much more user profile data if they funnel everything through themselves. That is what they are selling to investors.
Yup. I get it too. ‘We’ll lock down and get rid of the 3rd party apps, just give us a couple of months.’