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Hackers Threaten to Release Reddit Data Unless API Changes Are Rolled Back
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It isnt dev hostile. Its how most apis already work. Apollo knows this and they are just preying on people who have mostly good intentions. Apollo is going through and blocking the ads that pay reddit employees salaries to keep the api up and running and keep the engineers paid etc…
I cant think of anyone whos just going to let someone run up their server costs indefinitely and not charge some amount plus a built in profit margin.
Most apps/apis etc.. started out as free and started charging users over time.
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I feel like you're missing my point. Or maybe I'm the crazy one for thinking it's a waste of time to learn with something that has no possibility of becoming a viable app rather than something that potentially could (even if that's not the plan, it still gets you familiar with the quirks of something you might use in the future).
It's like learning to cook but exclusively choosing recipes for dishes that you know no one will want to eat.
That's not what the hackers are asking for.
Lots of commentary/unproven statements/biased assertions. Largely irrelevant.
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Simple things like news articles submissions in r/worldnews being removed due to content being "editorialized." It's very difficult to find news websites that don't contain any type of analysis/opinion, even the BBC. I suspect mods in that sub deprioritize content they don't agree with. And I don't mean fringe right wing sources, either. The site is getting too politicized.
The hackers weren’t at issue.
Maybe we’ll find out the real numbers if Reddit ever follows through on its IPO. Until then, sorry, rough and possibly wrong numbers from those involved are about the best we’ve got.
These are not analogous to each other. There is clearly a disconnect. Developers use apis all the time that charge past a certain point with no expectation of making money from it.
Not really. It's obvious that Reddit wants to kill third party apps. The approach they are taking allows them to blame the app provider when Reddit users who subscribe to the app get screwed by the policy change.
They'd still find a way to ruin it. They already bought a different beloved third-party app and their current app still sucks.
Nope. It's a popular opinion.
Could be CEO is valuing user generated content extremely high for AI training. I never touched Reddit's API but I assume it's very easy for companies like OpenAI to pull in high quality user data via API.
Unlikely, especially after Twitter has gone through a few episodes of that. We all know who really gets blamed.
Reddit should have just slowly increased their charges over a year lol. Also, should have made it effective in 48 hours. But hindsight is 20/20
No, if you listen, he said just buy out Apollo for 10 Mil and be done with it. He wasn't blackmailing, Hoffman didn't understand at first but when clarified Hoffman apologized. After the call Hoff. went on to tell everyone he was trying to blackmail Reddit anyways.
The real odds are that data is about us. I don’t get the big deal here. All the bitching over a free site.
A ransomware group that hacked into Reddit's servers back in February is threatening to release stolen data if Reddit does not walk back its planned API changes, reports Bleeping Computer (via The Verge).
At the time of the hack, no one took credit, but ransomware group BlackCat yesterday said that it was responsible. 80GB of compressed data was stolen through a phishing attack, and BlackCat says that the data will be made public unless Reddit pays $4.5 million and withdraws the API pricing changes that will go into effect on July 1.
The group claims to have "interesting confidential data" that includes information on how Reddit tracks users and censors people. BlackCat does not anticipate Reddit cooperating, and says that it expects to leak the data.
At the time of the hack, Reddit said that no user passwords, accounts, or credit card details were impacted, but internal documentation, code, and internal dashboards and business systems were obtained.
BlackCat's demand for an API rollback comes as Reddit prepares to begin charging developers for access to its API. Reddit's fees are putting popular third-party Reddit clients like Apollo out of business, and the API changes have resulted in protests in the form of subreddit blackouts.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has said that Reddit has no plan to change its new API business model in light of the negative feedback, and it is unlikely that the company will change its API pricing due to the data leak threat.
Article Link: Hackers Threaten to Release Reddit Data Unless API Changes Are Rolled Back
Apollo isn’t blocking anything. Reddit’s API isn’t capable of serving ads. That’s the fault of Reddit.
Thanks for this collection hahaha
Do you know where I could find the whole collection of subreddit with those "stupid" rules pls ?
I think I listed the most notable ones but if you dig around this r/ModCoord post you might find some more good ones.
Most users will use the offcial app after a while. The most vocal users will not. But, how many of the “most” provide value?
No duh.
So instead of pricing out EVERYONE but themselves so they can hoard everyone into their app and monetize and control all the data…. Maybe they should have went with an approach that isn’t greedy and abusive to the users who made Reddit content what it is.
Are you really simping for little poor Reddit?
