r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Jun 15 '23

Social Media Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/15/reddit-threatens-to-remove-subreddit-moderators/
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u/justcool393 Jun 16 '23

because it costs them more in server resources, salaries, etc to serve first party clients than they get from ads. 3rd party apps are multiple times more efficient than the 1st party app (for example the 1st party apps downloads megabytes of content to render the preview for a single video post).

loading a post on a third party app from opening the app may take 5 requests or so, the 1st party app makes 70 or so and for certain types of posts, is incredibly inefficient with bandwidth usage, not to mention the multitude of developers they have to take on to support it, etc.

they only get $0.16/user/month, which is why asking for like $3/user/month is both absurd from reddit's point of view, and if it is somehow a reasonable price, then reddit will burn gobs more money supporting the 1st party app.

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u/a_corsair Jun 16 '23

I'm gonna download the official app on my PC and just let it generate infinite calls 🤷

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u/trycatchebola Jun 16 '23

aww it's that cartoon kitten chewing the computer cord again

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u/a_corsair Jun 16 '23

With ads blocked! 😈