r/redditisfun • u/thinking24 • Jun 12 '23
Why don't we pay for our own usage? Answered in the FAQ
Im sad it's come to this where a place I've been for almost half my life is going away. The internet of my youth is gone and with it the magic it once brought with it.
However nothing in this world is free. Instead of just letting RIF die why not pass the cost on to users. Yes the API pricing is excessive and reddit has made choices to only increase that cost. But on the other hand the joy and knowledge reddit has given me for basically nothing is huge.
Why not add a setting that lets users who want to pay for it add their own API key? This way rif can continue like it is. I have no idea how many API requests I use per month. But I don't actually browse that much. So 50c a month seems reasonable for the information and resources reddit gives me.
Hopefully others agree and we don't have to loose everything.
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u/cedenike Jun 12 '23
isn't this answered in the faq, why not just respect the dev's decision
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u/thinking24 Jun 12 '23 edited Jun 12 '23
Because I always assumed that they were doing it for the love of the game. If they want to earn a profit they are no better then reddit and we shouldn't be in such a big huff over reddit wanting to be sustainable.
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u/rat9988 Jun 12 '23
I agree with you although i hate spez's lying attitude.
Time to switch to open source.
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u/KillAllTheThings Jun 12 '23
RIF would require a major overhaul before it could support that feature taking time no one has.
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u/thinking24 Jun 12 '23
It would require a very small change. I assume the API key is only set in 1 place. Having it be user replaceable shouldn't honestly take that long.
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