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Curious how big the gap was with the API costs.

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[โ€“] schreiblehrling@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first thought: "oh, that guy is rich now", but then I started calculating. Around $40.000 per month seems like a lot, but he had to pay some services for API access (not the reddit one, if I understand it correctly, but others), and servers for push messages and stuff. And then, since he probably was self-employed I would add costs for insurances, maybe a mortgage, normal stuff. It might have been kinda decent, but he did not earn millions by now, even with the income of his other apps.

[โ€“] tango_octogono@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He probably is still rich (hell, he made more money in a year than I probably ever will in my life), but yeah probably not as much as some people may think.

He did estimate that if everyone asks for a refund, he'll have to pay out $250k, ouch.