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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps” (www.theverge.com)

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[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was never designed to support third-party apps.

My brother in Christ… you bought a third party app that used the API

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Wait... they bought a third party app and rechristened it the official Reddit app?

[–] DarkWasp@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn’t the entire purpose of an API to provide access to other developers in the first place? It seems like he’s happy others did creative work for him and now he wants to take it and kick the ladder away.

[–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It is literally the only reason to make an API public