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(This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/09\/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on-attack-on-apollo-developer-in-drama-filled-ama\/<\/a><\/br> Reddit\u2019s unpopular decision to revise its API pricing in a move that\u2019s forcing third-party apps out of business<\/a> has taken a weird turn. In an AMA hosted today<\/a> by Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, aka u\/spez on the internet forum site, the exec doubled down on accusations against the developer behind the well-liked third-party app Apollo, which the company had previously accused<\/a> of operating inefficiency and not being a good \u201cAPI\u201d user.<\/p>\n Despite community backlash \u2014 which includes a site-wide protest<\/a> from thousands of communities known as subreddits \u2014 Huffman\u2019s AMA confirmed the company has no plans to revise its coming API changes. What\u2019s more, Huffman continued his accusations<\/a> against Apollo, calling out the developer, Christian Selig\u2019s, \u201cbehavior and communications\u201d as being \u201call over the place\u201d and saying he couldn\u2019t see Reddit working with the developer further.<\/p>\n Selig had been among the first to highlight that<\/a> Reddit\u2019s new API pricing<\/a> would effectively make it impossible to continue to operate the Apollo app. He explained that, under the new terms, it would cost him $20 million per year<\/a> to do so \u2014 money the app doesn\u2019t make. This week, Selig announced the app\u2019s last day<\/a> would be June 30, ahead of the July 1 implementation of the new API pricing.<\/p>\n Other third-party apps are also closing down, including Sync, RIF, and Reddplant, to name a few.<\/p>\n But Huffman seemingly has an ax to grind with Selig in particular, first accusing the developer of extortion, per Selig\u2019s extensive post on the situation<\/a> between himself and Reddit.<\/p>\n According to Selig\u2019s interpretation of the situation, he raised the question as to why Reddit was choosing to change its API terms to put third-party apps out of business, rather than just buying them out, as the company did with Alien Blue (an older Reddit client that it acquired in 2014<\/a>.) He said that if Apollo was costing Reddit $20 million per year, Reddit should cut him a check to put an end to the app. The remark doesn\u2019t sound like a serious ask from his telling. If fact, he clarified on the call, \u201c\u2026this is mostly a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n If anything, it comes across as a means of trying to understand why the company would make a move that\u2019s sure to generate ill will among its wider community. (As it has<\/a>.)<\/p>\n A Reddit representative on a call with Selig, however, first seemingly interpreted his comment as a \u201cthreat,\u201d Selig said. But on the call, they cleared up the misunderstanding and the contact apologized. Selig came with receipts \u2014 he recorded<\/a> the call (which is legal where he\u2019s based in Canada.)<\/p>\n But in a subsequent call with moderators, Huffman referred to this conversation as Selig \u201cthreatening\u201d Reddit.<\/p>\n That stance hasn\u2019t softened on Reddit\u2019s side, Huffman made clear today.<\/p>\n In the AMA, one user asked Huffman to clarify, \u201cwhat were you thinking with your attempt to discredit Apollo by claiming that Christian threatened and blackmailed you?\u201d<\/p>\n The response was surprising. Unlike most companies, which try to soften their blows behind corporate PR speak, Huffman answered rather plainly.<\/p>\n \u201cHis \u2018joke\u2019 is the least of our issues,\u201d the CEO wrote. \u201cHis behavior and communications with us has been all over the place\u2014saying one thing to us while saying something completely different externally; recording and leaking a private phone call\u2014to the point where I don\u2019t know how we could do business with him.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s an odd turn of events for Apollo, whose iOS-first and user-friendly design just this week saw it featured during Apple\u2019s Worldwide Developer Conference, ahead of Reddit\u2019s API policy change that will now put it out of business.<\/p>\n Other prominent developers have come out in support of Selig following this debacle.<\/p>\n Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With tweeted<\/a> on Thursday calling Selig \u201cone of the nicest guys in our indie app world,\u201d and said Reddit management was lying, slandering, and vilifying him. Others<\/a> quote tweeted and agreed.<\/p>\n
\nReddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA<\/br>
\n2023-06-09 21:34:32<\/br><\/p>\n