Other than that, probably it’s a licensing agreement that makes AI trainers keep paying if they still using that dataset.

Why do they need a deal? Can’t they just steal it like the rest of their training data?

The API restrictions and login requirements are meant to make scraping hard enough to make a deal worthwhile.

Ah that makes sense.

Probably because Reddit has lawyers, and money, and a little willingness to lock down their content. Unlike individual creators, they can actually file a lawsuit