This is what the 3rd party access to API was really all about.
When API access was allowed , all reddit content was effectively free:
They needed to ban 3rd party apps so they could sell the accumulated content.
I expect using content to train AI also factors into it.
This is what the 3rd party access to API was really all about.
When API access was allowed , all reddit content was effectively free: They needed to ban 3rd party apps so they could sell the accumulated content. I expect using content to train AI also factors into it.