'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 years ago

    Nobody asked Reddit to start hosting images and videos. If you want to turn a profit, maybe stop doing that? I think Spez comes out as very despicable in this whole situation.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 years ago

      Doubly so considering it was a redditor That started imgur specifically to handle this. It was a completely self-inflicted wound.

      • oldindianmonkEnglish
        3•2 years ago

        And imgur charges Apollo’s dev $166 for the same amount of load reddit asked $20m for