I assume that most sites won't do that - so I don't invest much of my time and effort in most sites.
Reddit had 17 years of track record of providing access, which had eventually bought my trust. They're setting that trust on fire right now.
Reddit had 17 years of track record of providing access, which had eventually bought my trust. They're setting that trust on fire right now.
(I actually did run a startup on top of Twitter's API between 2010-2013 - I'm VERY glad not to have to worry about that any more!)
I'm not talking about this in terms of being an app developer: I'm talking about it in terms of being a regular user posting content on the site.
If you rug-pull my expectations on access to that data in the future, don't be surprised if I find somewhere else to spend my time.
What reddit is doing is horrible for the users. Reddit benefitted massively from 3rd party apps making it easier for users to contribute, comment, moderate, etc. Without those users' efforts the platform is worthless. That is the issue here.