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Reddit shares soar after company turns first-ever profit. (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Dot@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This was the reason they made the API changes. They wanted to charge for easy access to the content. Sure, you can scrape every Reddit page, but nobody has time for that. Pay up and hoover down Reddit comments for you AI training.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

It also forced users onto their app, which creates a captive market for force-serving ads disguised as content.