I’m not sure on the ins and outs of hosting/running a 3rd part reddit app, but since reddit is claiming these API charges are only for apps that pull in big numbers, couldn’t the app creators just make a bunch of versions of the app with a limit to how many users can access it?

I’m not sure what reddit’s threshold is for when they start charging for API usage, but do any of you see this happening? Would it be possible for the 3rd party creators to release personal instances of their apps that are technically separate entities that could stay in the free APL limit?

Again, I have no idea on how 3rd party apps are run or how they access the API. I was just curious if there was a way to keep an app under the limit.

    • Eavolution@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I think I read somewhere this was against TOS or smth, take that with a huge grain of salt because I’m not sure if I’m remembering that right.

      • DreamySweet@exploding-heads.com
        3·
        1 year ago

        If that’s the case, then the point of all of that is definitely to get people onto the official app and not to save money on “inefficient” API calls.

        Either way, I won’t be going back. I am tired of being the product.

    • a new sad me@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      They could, use, but this requires extra work from the user, who might just say “nah… I’ll just use the official app instead”

      • DreamySweet@exploding-heads.comEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I think the people that would seek out a third party app are mostly the kind of people that would do the extra work of copying and pasting an API key. It will definitely be a smaller userbase than before though.