Happened a couple of weeks ago, but all API access has to go through a manual review process and seems like they’re rejecting personal 3rd party use. The only way you can use the API now is if you create a game or mod tool that “lives on reddit”.
The people that create access tokens to use third party apps won’t be considered a “responsible use” for the API, right?
Correct and this hasn’t changed since we made our updates back in 2023. The goal is to enable developers to build great products for users and mods, powered by Reddit on Reddit.
Lol people still using Reddit… The Internet is fucking cooked.
People still use facebook and that’s been bad since 2012 or so.
Since kony
I removed Reddit from personal use
Sadly, they only removed access to new API keys. Existing ones still work, for now.
Why this is “sad” is because Reddit has learned from the past. They won’t immediately take drastic changes that will immediately piss off a big chunk of their users. Instead, they’ll do it slowly so fewer people will feel the immediate impact. But eventually, this will affect everyone.
And why this sucks for us is because if there’s no massive outrage like the one in 2023, there won’t be a mass migration to the Fediverse.
Maybe if spez is in the Epstein files…
Then again, do we really want to hang out with redditors that badly?
I sometimes read comments over there for certain niches and even then no we do not.
I’m surprised they haven’t put their language model slop bucket behind a paywall yet. Won’t someone please think of the shareholders! /s
Wait reddit now hosts games? But in a proprietary format? I’m scared but what language do they allow?
Russian.
Likely but not what I meant
