{"id":59290,"date":"2023-06-16T15:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=e4ee07ea4837719b4d2d50be89afa63f"},"modified":"2023-06-16T15:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T19:39:53","slug":"rif-developer-counters-reddit-ceos-claims-that-he-didnt-want-to-work-with-reddit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59290","title":{"rendered":"RIF developer counters Reddit CEO\u2019s claims that he didn\u2019t want to work with Reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/16\/23763661\/reddit-rif-is-fun-developer-ceo-steve-huffman\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: Oh look, Reddit's leadership were lying about their interactions with _all_ the biggest App developers.\nAnd, from 2012 until the \"Reddit is Fun\" -> \"RIF\" renaming in 2016 they had a revenue sharing relationship that included some , which really casts doubt on the whole \"never intended 3rd party apps\" claim.<\/div><figure>\n      <img alt=\"A landscape screenshot of rif is fun for Reddit.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/EA7uaZW5DK-hQzJFFu4nfXLeWY4=\/150x0:1770x1080\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/72377852\/screenshot.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <figcaption><em>A screenshot of rif is fun for Reddit.<\/em> | Image: TalkLittle<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n  <p>On Thursday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told me that the developer of rif is fun for Reddit (RIF), a popular third-party Reddit app for Android, did not want to work with Reddit on the company&rsquo;s planned API pricing changes. However, the developer, Andrew Shu, tells me that&rsquo;s not the case &mdash; and shared emails with <em>The Verge<\/em> that appear to back him up.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, I asked Huffman if Reddit could give developers more time to implement the API changes, which Shu has already said are forcing him to shut down RIF at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/8\/23754616\/reddit-third-party-apps-api-shutdown-rif-reddplanet-sync\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the end of the month<\/a>. Here&rsquo;s exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/15\/23762868\/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what Huffman said in response<\/a> (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I said we are working with everybody who is willing to work with us, which includes many of the other third party apps. The three you...<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/16\/23763661\/reddit-rif-is-fun-developer-ceo-steve-huffman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of rif is fun for Reddit. | Image: TalkLittle<\/p>\n<p>  On Thursd&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59290\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}