And we said no, you know what, we believe in free markets. What our peers have done is banned them entirely. Huffman was then asked whether apps like Apollo, which plans to shut down later this month because of the exorbitant API prices, add “value to Reddit.” In an apparent attempt to further stoke the flame, Huffman replied: “Not as much as they take. ![]() That these were not charities,” he told The Verge. “I didn’t know - and this is my fault - the extent that they were profiting off of our API. Huffman was supposedly so out of the loop – despite being Reddit’s CEO and apparently arguing in favor of third-party apps – that he didn’t realize “the extent that they were profiting off our API.” “It was never designed to support third-party apps.” According to Huffman, he “let it exist,” and “I should take the blame for that because I was the guy arguing for that for a long time.” That’s what the API is for,” Huffman says. “So the vast majority of the uses of the API - not - the other 98 percent of them, make tools, bots, enhancements to Reddit. The Reddit CEO also places part of the blame on this situation on himself for apparently being the “guy arguing” in favor of third-party apps for years: Request a FREE account today and discover how you can put your Apple fleet on auto-pilot at a price point that is hard to believe.Īccording to Huffman, the “vast majority of the uses of the API” are for “tools, bots, and enhancements to Reddit.” Huffman seemingly believes that third-party apps like Apollo don’t offer any enhancements to the Reddit experience (he’s wrong). Over 38,000 organizations leverage Mosyle solutions to automate the deployment, management, and security of millions of Apple devices daily. Mosyle is the only solution that fully integrates five different applications on a single Apple-only platform, allowing businesses and schools to easily and automatically deploy, manage, and protect all their Apple devices. This story is supported by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform.
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