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I think you misunderstood
spez. He wanted no 3rd party app at all. RIF was paying Reddit for using their brand name andspezterminated the contract. It's all about control.It would be much easier to just inject ads into data returned by the API. Apps will automatically display these ads and developers will understand that if they filter these ads, their access to Reddit will be either limited or completely cut out.
Wasn’t aware of the RIF thing. Yeah agree in that case 100%
There are myriad ways to make money off third party apps that benefits both reddit and the apps. Spez is an absolute moron, who has thrown a spanner in the works of both, when he was sitting on a golden opportunity. I don't think he has any business sense at all.