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While I agree. It seems like such an obviously simple answer. If they'd granted "reddit premiun only API keys" to all the apps. Most free app users would switch to the free app like they wanted rather than pay after a few months. The smaller group would stay on the quality apps and pay for premium every month which would more than offset the lost ad revenue and juke their premium subscribers stats.
Now they have a large aliened group of technically skilled users looking for and willing to put effort into something better.