Reddit CEO discusses user data and morality with The Verge.

Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, has decided to charge for access to the site's API, which has caused uproar among users and app developers. Many of Reddit's biggest communities have gone "dark" in protest against the proposed pricing changes. Huffman claims that Reddit needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps, but critics argue that it is unfair to suddenly impose charges on developers who have built businesses on the back of Reddit's inadequate mobile apps. The controversy has also highlighted the value of the data on Redditors' interests and behaviour stored on the site's servers, which Huffman claims is being exploited by tech giants for free.