okcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 1 year agoReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps”www.theverge.comokcool@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago It was never designed to support third-party apps. My brother in Christ… you bought a third party app that used the API
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWait… they bought a third party app and rechristened it the official Reddit app?
minus-squareDarkWasp@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIsn’t the entire purpose of an API to provide access to other developers in the first place? It seems like he’s happy others did creative work for him and now he wants to take it and kick the ladder away.
minus-squareSuppoze@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt is literally the only reason to make an API public
My brother in Christ… you bought a third party app that used the API
Wait… they bought a third party app and rechristened it the official Reddit app?
Isn’t the entire purpose of an API to provide access to other developers in the first place? It seems like he’s happy others did creative work for him and now he wants to take it and kick the ladder away.
It is literally the only reason to make an API public