I’m not sure on the ins and outs of hosting/running a 3rd part reddit app, but since reddit is claiming these API charges are only for apps that pull in big numbers, couldn’t the app creators just make a bunch of versions of the app with a limit to how many users can access it?
I’m not sure what reddit’s threshold is for when they start charging for API usage, but do any of you see this happening? Would it be possible for the 3rd party creators to release personal instances of their apps that are technically separate entities that could stay in the free APL limit?
Again, I have no idea on how 3rd party apps are run or how they access the API. I was just curious if there was a way to keep an app under the limit.
They could technically make their app so you could insert your own API keys which you’d get from Reddit directly, but it’s not very seamless to the user. You wouldn’t just need to enter your username and password when you log in the first time, you’d need to go into the old.reddit preferences > apps > create a new app > agree to the API EULA > fill out redirect URI, about URI, app-name, etc. > THEN it would give you your API key that you’d have to copy and paste to the waiting app along with your username and password. The developer of “Infinity for Reddit” (an open-source Reddit client) already asked Reddit about this prior to the blackout and they said big fat NO unfortunately. They want every Infinity app to share a single API key for every phone that’s using it. There are ways around this, but out of the scope of what you’re asking.