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I think the AMA was to slander the Apollo Dev and make him seem unreasonable. The 1$ per user and month line suggests this to me. Christian just pre-empted it with his post but since they had already made the announcement there was no going back now.
My reaction to the AMA was "...but he's lying! How did he think that would end?!"
If the Relay for Reddit dev thinks he can do it for $3/month, maybe spez has a point? Please let me know where I'm going wrong with this line of reasoning
There is an interview with him on the verge where he lays his numbers out. One big point was that the people that already bought a yearlong subscription need to be served at great loss. He says it would cost $50,000 for July. Then ofcourse some subscriptions would expire but it would still be a huge chunk of money that had to be paid every month decreasing over the next year.
I don't know either way but he doesn't seem like the type to play foul. I'll edit this comment with the interview if I find it.
Found it on lemmy already lol: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759180/reddit-protest-private-apollo-christian-selig-subreddit