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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Reddit never gave a shit about bots. To them it’s something that pumps up their active users numbers to woo their investors. They’re only doing this so they can force people to view their ads that are designed to look like posts.
Who goes on Reddit nowadays anyway?
They’re concerned about AI scraping. They want to sell access to users’ content for training, not let the AI in for free.
Replying to @Zagorath@quokk.au
It could also be to make things difficult for redlib, which uses the reddit API.