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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
because of AI bots
Is it because they want it to be only a.i. bots, because that seems to be where it’s heading by making it more and more hostile to humans.
Replying to @Almacca@aussie.zone
I mean, “because of AI bots” is technically correct, but it’s more because they want to control the sale of their own users’ data rather than letting other bots scrape to sell.
Replying to @isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca
That also means there’s a strong incentive for the remaining human users with two brain cells to rub together to not provide anything for the scraping bots to use. Certainly not for free.
Replying to @Almacca@aussie.zone
hence the lurking.