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I wonder about the odds that Google would buy reddit. Not saying it's a good thing, but it could be a strategic play for them.
If they did they'd probably just scuttle it after a few years. It's what they do.
My thinking is that they'd buy it to harvest the data for AI training.
The user experience is pretty much secondary to the strategic play here.
Reddit's value is in the body of data its amassed, not in the ongoing service to users it provides. Limiting 3rd party access is all about protecting that and has the added benefit (to them, not the users) of creating a walled garden where they can increase the (meagre) margins from advertisors by controlling the data flow to users.
Not saying I am a fan of all this, I'm just recognizing the situation.
I really don't know though...
In that case, I hope they buy it.