It was more like “We need to closec the api in order to protect our profits from the use of your data”
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femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
“We need to closec the api in order to protect our users from being used for ai”
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
I mean, they never claimed it was to protect users. It was to protect their user’s data from being used without paying Reddit. They didn’t like that AI companies were using Reddit content as a free source of training data, they never gave a shit about their users’ privacy.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is also slightly off. It was primarily to eliminate third party apps from the existing landscape. Reddit want money from users in one of two ways:
The case around AI does exist, but it was smoke and mirrors for Reddit pulling the same nonsense that Twitter did once they realized they might get away with it, regardless of the short term damage it would do to their public image.
Syntha@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I think the 3rd party apps very a nice bonus but considering the timing I’m pretty sure the AI boom was the main reason.