@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoOne surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use itwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down114 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology[email protected]
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minus-squareBriongloidlinkfedilink4•1 year agoThe app has is own API, not for individual user. They are averaging out the cost.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWhat? That doesn’t make any sense, why would they suddenly ask for payment to use their own API?
minus-squareBriongloidlinkfedilink4•1 year agoBecause they are paying Reddit for that API use, they won’t be getting it for free.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoMore like API Key I would say, still reddit API
minus-squareBaizeylinkfedilink1•1 year agoThey don’t have their own api, but they have a shared api-key to reddit which all user requests would use
The app has is own API, not for individual user.
They are averaging out the cost.
What? That doesn’t make any sense, why would they suddenly ask for payment to use their own API?
Because they are paying Reddit for that API use, they won’t be getting it for free.
More like API Key I would say, still reddit API
They don’t have their own api, but they have a shared api-key to reddit which all user requests would use