ShadowRunner@kbin.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.ml•(Discussion) Would you pay for Reddit Premium IF it allowed you to continue using your favorite app?
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1 year agoYou’re ignoring the other effects of third party apps - which is to have significantly added to the number of users they have to show ads to in the first place.
Making their API free encouraged active development which increased user engagement. So it absolutely did increase their revenue because it helped to increase the popularity of their site in the first place.
JFC, the answer to your question is literally the first sentence of the article. It would have taken you less time to read it then to post your question.