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===API paywall===

In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to ~~it's~~ users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some user's held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.

In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to its users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some user's held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.

Users expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as Reddit is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of the largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed, marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. Users would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO in an attempt to reduce the value of the information.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"] - Wikipedia </ref>

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==See also==

* [[Lemmy]]

*[[Lemmy]]

[[Category:Reddit]]

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 ===API paywall===
-In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to it's users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some user's held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.
+In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to its users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some user's held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.
 Users expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as Reddit is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of the largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed, marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. Users would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO in an attempt to reduce the value of the information.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"] - Wikipedia </ref> <!-- To be expanded with better citations -->
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 ==See also==
-* [[Lemmy]]
+*[[Lemmy]]
 [[Category:Reddit]]