Comment on Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models
Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 months agoDo you not remember the reason why the API debacle happened in the first place was to prepare for this moment?
Comment on Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models
Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 months agoDo you not remember the reason why the API debacle happened in the first place was to prepare for this moment?
FaceDeer@kbin.social 8 months ago
That's ignoring an awful lot of other considerations. Obviously Reddit hasn't explained itself in a trustworthy way, but the common belief at the time is that it was to force people to use the official Reddit mobile app so they could be subject to advertising.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Boot licker.
Verserk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
FaceDeer@kbin.social 8 months ago
That spells out what they were doing. It doesn't explain why they were doing it.