All articles tagged with #api pricing
Samsung will start charging a $5 monthly fee in October for non-commercial individual developers to access the SmartThings API, affecting third-party tools like Home Assistant but not the traditional SmartThings app; the company promises a Developer Center and says the funds will support enterprise features, though details are sparse.
Samsung will begin charging for access to its SmartThings API this October, introducing paid tiers including a $4.99/month plan for non-commercial, individual developers. The change could affect power users who rely on direct API access or third-party tools (like Home Assistant) under new personal plans, while Samsung says the pricing will fund enterprise-grade features and a refreshed Developer Center.
X raised the price to post a URL via its API from $0.01 to $0.20—a 1,900% jump—hitting third‑party tools (like Techmeme) and publishers; a Nieman Lab study suggests links can reduce reach, and executives dispute the impact, potentially making X less attractive for news sharing.
Reddit is launching the Mod Helper Program to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, amidst growing discontent among the site's moderators due to API pricing and lack of moderation tools. The program is a tiered system that awards helpful moderators with trophies and flairs. Reddit also launched the Modmail Answer Bot to streamline moderator requests, merged the moderator-specific Help Center with the sitewide one, and promised improvements to mobile features. However, some moderators expressed frustration over the lack of useful moderation features on Reddit's official app and questioned the effectiveness of the new program.
Three of Reddit's largest communities, r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos, have shifted their focus away from John Oliver as a form of protest against Reddit's API pricing. While r/aww initially voted for the John Oliver rule, the passion for the protest has waned, and the subreddit has returned to its previous state. r/pics and r/videos have also removed their connections to John Oliver, with r/videos reverting to its original rules after a temporary profanity rule. However, r/gifs remains focused on John Oliver, although there have been few recent posts. Despite some subreddits reopening, over 1,800 subreddits are still private in protest.
Reddit has demanded that moderators remove the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) label from certain subreddits, which were using it as a form of protest against Reddit's new API pricing and treatment of unpaid volunteer moderators. The moderators argued that their communities should have been NSFW already due to potentially violent content. Reddit warned that failure to remove the NSFW designation would result in the removal of the moderator teams. Some subreddits, including r/PICS and r/military, have since dropped the NSFW label. The situation has raised concerns about the impact on community safety and Reddit's ability to monetize the platform.
Ransomware group BlackCat claims responsibility for the February phishing attack on Reddit and demands a $4.5 million payout in exchange for 80GB of stolen data. The group also demands that Reddit roll back its planned API pricing changes. Reddit previously stated that the hackers hadn't accessed user data that wasn't public. This incident follows a contentious back-and-forth between Reddit leadership and some of its most engaged users over the proposed API pricing changes.
Hackers known as BlackCat are threatening to release 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit during a February breach unless the company pays a $4.5 million ransom and reverses its controversial API pricing changes. Reddit confirmed the cyber incident in February, but said it had "no evidence" that personal user data had been stolen. BlackCat has also been linked to a March attack on Western Digital and a threat to leak data allegedly stolen from Amazon-owned video surveillance company Ring. Reddit has not yet responded to BlackCat's demands.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has told employees that the ongoing blackout of thousands of subreddits will eventually pass, and that the company anticipates that many of the subreddits will come back online by Wednesday. Huffman also warned employees about wearing Reddit items in public, saying the anger directed at the API pricing changes could make them “the object of [users’] frustrations.” More than 8,000 Reddit communities have gone dark in protest of the company’s increased API pricing for third-party apps.
Thousands of subreddits went dark in protest of Reddit's controversial API pricing hike, causing instability and a three-hour outage for the site. Over 7,000 subreddits have joined the protest, with some having tens of millions of subscribers. The protests are against how much Reddit will charge to access its API, which used to be free. Reddit has insisted it should be "fairly paid" to support third-party apps and is giving a free pass to apps that address accessibility needs. However, skepticism persists about Reddit's intentions towards third-party apps.
Reddit experienced a major outage on Monday, which the company attributed to the thousands of subreddits going dark in protest of the site's new API pricing terms. Over 7,000 subreddits have gone private or read-only, with some choosing to stay private indefinitely until changes are made. The new pricing will potentially be prohibitively expensive for developers, with some estimating costs of over $20 million per year. Despite user backlash, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has stated that the company has no plans to change the API pricing.
Popular third-party Reddit app Apollo is shutting down on June 30, 2023, due to Reddit's new API pricing plans, which would cost Apollo $20 million per year to continue operating. Other third-party Reddit app makers have also expressed concerns, and several top communities are planning to go dark in protest. Apollo's maker, Christian Selig, had been one of the first to call out the impact of the new API pricing, and despite efforts to find a solution, has ultimately decided to shut down the app permanently.
Dozens of subreddits, including major examples like Earthporn, LifeProTips, ReactionGIFs and Videos, have declared they're "going dark" starting June 12th in response to an API pricing increase they believe will shut out third-party clients. The protesters are also calling on users to message Reddit administrators, leave negative app reviews and boycott the social site. The fear is that this leads to a stagnant platform where outsiders can't improve on the core formula.
The developer of Apollo, a popular third-party mobile app for browsing Reddit, may have to shut down the app due to Reddit's new API pricing terms, which would cost $20 million per year to keep running. Reddit had assured developers the API pricing changes wouldn't impact those building apps to help people use Reddit, but it turns out that's not the case. The new API pricing would effectively put Apollo out of business, as it made 7 billion requests last month, which would put it at about $20 million per year.