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The bad, although expected news is that according to Similarweb via Gizmodo Reddit traffic is back to pre-protest levels. The caveat is that some of the traffic might still indicate protests, (i.e. John Oliver pics). Most interesting:

However, Similarweb told Gizmodo traffic to the ads.reddit.com portal, where advertisers can buy ads and measure their impact, has dipped. Before the first blackout began, the ads site averaged about 14,900 visits per day. Beginning on June 13, though, the ads site averaged about 11,800 visits per day, a 20% decrease.

For June 20 and 21, the most recent days for which Similarweb has estimates, the ads site got in the range of 7,500 to 9,000 visits, Carr explained, meaning that ad-buying traffic has continued to drop.>>>

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[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (37 children)

Nobody is paying for their api... And reducing cost? How? People will either leave or use scrapers/RSS to get their stuff idk how thats going to work out... Also reddit app has 3.stars on Google play most people will not download a tree stars app to begin with.

[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (28 children)

There are apps going to pay, also providing an API has been cost intensive for Reddit. It’s not as simple as you make it seem I‘m afraid.

[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What apps? I haven't seen a single one.

And no, providing an api reduces load on the server because otherwise people use scrapers... Wich happened before. You just believe what reddit is shiting out.

[–] d3lta19@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infinity is going to a paid subscription model

[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most users already said they ain't paying for it i liked the app, but im not paying horrendous amounts of money for using fucking reddit, especially nit after that ama...

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I'd rather pay to support a kbin or lemmy instance. Especially if it were a cooperative or something like that.

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