I’m probably not as smart as their leadership team, but I can’t see how this ends well for them.
I've found myself using LLMs for things I'd normally search Reddit for because I'm tired of being pushed onto New Reddit, and I’m tired of private profiles hiding bots, astroturfers, and other bad actors.
Providing I treat it with some scepticism, why bother visiting Reddit when my LLM uses their data without me having to deal with their anti-patterns?
And if I (someone who prides themselves on trying to make decent contributions) am no longer visiting the site, then I’m no longer contributing either.
This will prevent front-ends like Eddrit and Reddlib from working for the time being.
Using a known API key might be a workaround, but it feels more "beginning of the end" rather than a proper workaround.
IMO the writing was on the wall as soon as they started making money from data licensing
I’m probably not as smart as their leadership team, but I can’t see how this ends well for them.
I've found myself using LLMs for things I'd normally search Reddit for because I'm tired of being pushed onto New Reddit, and I’m tired of private profiles hiding bots, astroturfers, and other bad actors.
Providing I treat it with some scepticism, why bother visiting Reddit when my LLM uses their data without me having to deal with their anti-patterns?
And if I (someone who prides themselves on trying to make decent contributions) am no longer visiting the site, then I’m no longer contributing either.