> Reddit has been terrible and dishonest in their communication
Partly true. They have been awful at communicating with the devs and with Reddit at large. The "dishonest" claim is debatable.
> Reddit is dropping Twitter-like pricing out of the blue.
False. That was a piece of dishonesty spread by the Apollo developer. Twitter's price is 3.5x Reddit's price, which is 3.6x Imgur's price. Reddit is midway between the two.
> These prices seem to have the goal of killing 3rd party apps instead of merely being ‘realistic’ or ‘fair’, like Reddit is claiming
False. Relay for Reedit just announced plans to continue their app by offering a $3 paid version. This moderate price wouldn't be possible if Reddit's price was aimed at killing off the apps.
> Reddit is dragging well respected devs through the mud and trying to make them look like the bad guys
Maybe the devs ARE the bad guys. I've not been impressed by them.
Halfway logarithmically. Like 100 is halfway between 10 and 1000? That’s your argument irt the pricing?
If killing third parties wasn’t the goal, it’s very convenient that it killed so many third party apps, isn’t it?
It’s clear you haven’t seen communications from Reddit and the devs if you think that the people losing their livelihoods and projects they’ve been working on for years are somehow the bad guys. A lot of these devs would have been open to the proposed prices (or similar) if only Reddit didn’t give them only 4 weeks to come to terms with a multi-million price of doing business and implement any necessary changes. That’s a lot more than these apps currently make in revenue.
Partly true. They have been awful at communicating with the devs and with Reddit at large. The "dishonest" claim is debatable.
> Reddit is dropping Twitter-like pricing out of the blue.
False. That was a piece of dishonesty spread by the Apollo developer. Twitter's price is 3.5x Reddit's price, which is 3.6x Imgur's price. Reddit is midway between the two.
> These prices seem to have the goal of killing 3rd party apps instead of merely being ‘realistic’ or ‘fair’, like Reddit is claiming
False. Relay for Reedit just announced plans to continue their app by offering a $3 paid version. This moderate price wouldn't be possible if Reddit's price was aimed at killing off the apps.
> Reddit is dragging well respected devs through the mud and trying to make them look like the bad guys
Maybe the devs ARE the bad guys. I've not been impressed by them.