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**alyaza [they/she]** @alyaza@beehaw.org · Jun 8, 2023

Jun 8, 2023

alyaza [they/she] @alyaza@beehaw.org

a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps

https://beehaw.org/post/468933

beehaw.orga megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps - Beehawjust so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10. developments to this point: - Apollo for Reddit is shutting down [https://beehaw.org/post/467863?scrollToComments=true] - Reddit is Fun will also shut down [https://beehaw.org/post/468731?scrollToComments=true] - Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update [https://beehaw.org/post/468505?scrollToComments=true] - Sync has announced it is shutting down [https://tedd.it/r/redditsync/comments/144jp3w/sync_will_shut_down_on_june_30_2023/] - ReddPlanet has announced it is shutting down [https://tedd.it/r/ReddPlanet/comments/144glbz/an_unfortunate_goodbye/] - Reddit creates an API exemption for noncommercial accessibility apps [https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-accessibility-apps-api-pricing-changes] The Verge is on it as usual, also–here’s their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org [https://beehaw.org/u/dirtmayor]): - It’s not just Apollo: other Reddit apps are shutting down, too [https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754616/reddit-third-party-apps-api-shutdown-rif-reddplanet-sync]

**tango_octogono** @tango_octogono@beehaw.org · Jun 8, 2023

Jun 8, 2023

tango_octogono @tango_octogono@beehaw.org

In my opinion, we're reaching a moment where people are realizing that having lots of users doesn't matter that much if you can't monetize them. We took a lot of services for granted that maybe don't make any financial sense, which probably only survived because both the company and investors hoped that as long you could attract users, you could monetize them later.

I think that "later" is now.

Today I noticed that youtube has a new feature that unlocks more bitrate, but only for premium users (there's two 1080p options, one normal and another with more bitrate). I'm expecting that these social medias and other tech companies will try to monetize us further