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Will Reddit Kill RSS Feeds (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by curt@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I just set up all the subreddits I still want to following in Reeder, an RSS app. I'm able scroll through the posts ad free. It the occurred to me that this is a loss of revenue to Reddit. Could RSS be the new target for onerous fees?

It could be the case that RSS usage is small compared to 3rd party apps like Apollo so not of much concern. It also may be the case that it isn't possible for Reddit to charge for the usage. If they can't charge, they may just disable RSS altogether. I'm only guessing. I'll take off my tinfoil hat now.

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[–] vortex@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its only a matter of weeks now, days after the 1st of July. RSS feeds count as free access to the Reddit API and therefore unauthorized third party apps, so the're definitely be gone.

After the userbase has been conditioned to the fact that there isn't a 3rd party Reddit reader anymore, they will kill off old.reddit.com.

[–] bad_alloc@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

The only non-infurating way to read reddit. If it's gone people who didn't care so far might actually feel inconvenienced and move out.