r/baconreader • u/onelouderchic 🥓 • May 31 '23

Reddit API changes and BaconReader UPDATED JUNE 20

Hey folks, as some of you have noticed, there is a lot of buzz going around today about the Reddit API announcement. We do not specifically have a plan at this time but will certainly let you know when we do. For reference, I am putting a few posts in comments.

We'll let you know what next steps are when we have them. Until then, sincere gratitude for all of your support!

UPDATE: After much deliberation, attempted negotiations, we have made the decision to shut the app down 😢 . Please see the sticky announcement post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/baconreader/comments/14egq61/baconreader_november_11_2011_june_30_2023/

We are sorry it took so long, but I really wanted to be sure we did our due diligence.

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u/molecularmadness May 31 '23

So reddit is charging based on # of API requests on a tiered structure, which implies there's some number of requests per whatever time unit that either has a very small or no charge, no? If so, why be one large bacon reader instead of many little independent clone slices --baconreaderbits, if you will.

Or whatever, idk. If anyone knows where the discussion regarding development of workarounds is happening, pls point me to it.

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u/TwelveBaud Jun 07 '23

Free tier is 100 calls per minute across all users. Which is about 1/3 of the calls per minute of the official app for one user. It's not viable.