Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the protesting subred…
  • superfes@beehaw.orgEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    I don’t get it, if 3PA is only 1% of the traffic, why even bother murdering them?

    • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      It’s possible that this is not about collecting money for third party app use, but instead about forcing people to use Reddit’s apps (both mobile and web), which are designed for data extraction and tracking.

      • Souvlaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
        26·
        1 year ago

        Absolutely, if they wanted money from 3rd party apps, they’d have sane prices. The ridiculous API cost was done to effectively kill all other apps without saying they are killing all other apps.

    • MadMaurice@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      My best guess is they want to fight against adblockers next and can’t have people easily switch to a 3PA and avoid ads this way.

      • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
        33·
        1 year ago

        Ads already exist in Reddit’s system as a different subtype of the same entity that a post or a comment is. They could just… Present adds in the API call returns. And they could have someone doing regular checks to ensure that the app developers aren’t filtering out ads. This is so fucking stupid lol

        • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
          13·
          1 year ago

          That wouldn’t give Reddit access to your phone’s APIs.

          Android permissions required by Reddit 2023.23.0:
          • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
          • android.permission.INTERNET
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
          • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
          • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
          • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
          • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
          • com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
          • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
          • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
          • android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
          • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
          • com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
          • android.permission.VIBRATE
          • android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
          • android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
          • android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
          • android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
          • android.permission.CAMERA
          • android.permission.FLASHLIGHT
          • android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
          • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
          • com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
          • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
          • com.reddit.frontpage.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
          • com.android.vending.BILLING
          • android.permission.BLUETOOTH
          • android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
          • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
          • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
          • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
          • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
          • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
          • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
          • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
          • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
          • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
          • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
          • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
          • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE
          • Sparking@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            tbf, there isn’t anything super nefarious there. I don’t even see location.

            I guess the money maker is the Google add id.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Gotta put on a public spectacle of being ruthlessly profit focused when you’re trying to personally grift the public IPOing a platform you were unable to make profitable.