“It truly seems like Huffman woke up on a random Tuesday after a bad night’s sleep and decided on a whim to go nuclear and destroy the businesses of these third-party app developers.
And every day since then, he’s woken up and dug his heels in, silenced user feedback, and stuck to his guns. The commitment to the bit is marvelous, I must admit.”
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/
“The fact that Reddit isn’t profitable is not Christian Selig’s fault. It’s Reddit’s. And more specifically, it’s Steve Huffman’s fault.
Huffman says he only recently became aware of the extent to which people were “profiting” off of Reddit’s API.
If true, he’s a terrible CEO and should step down immediately. In all of Reddit’s push to become profitable, he never once considered a measured approach to charging for access to its API?”
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/
@ChanceHMiller Also Christian has repeatedly said he's OK with paying for the API. Huffman keeps acting like Apollo wants to use it for free.
@monorailtimes @ChanceHMiller Yeah - I was a bit annoyed he didn't get confronted with that in the The Verge interview.
@ChanceHMiller “It truly seems like Huffman woke up on a random Tuesday after a bad night’s sleep…”
This was my absolute favorite line out of this entire, excellent piece. You’ve seemed to pin down Huffman’s personality perfectly: a bratty, jealous child that still hasn’t learned to get along with others.