“Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything.”

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    What is wrong with this guy? He has cause irreparable damage to the brand and the platform.

    For someone who said it’s the app developers who aren’t willing to work with reddit to reach an agreement, it sure sounds like he was (surprise surprise) lying.

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      I mean, we knew he was lying before the Blackout ever happened. The Apollo dev made it pretty clear in their thread.

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      Truth be told, he doesn’t give a shit about us, the money is in selling ads to show to people who want to go on an app to look at cats and memes.

      Absolutely no judgment on those people, but the sort of people who get upset over APIs are not who spez wants to cultivate as a userbase, as a deliberate business move.

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      Reddit - We want to work with you, but it’s 100% our terms non negotiable.

      Also Reddit - they don’t want to work with us on finding a solution