The thing is I don’t even use Relay for Reddit to avoid the monitization. I use it because it’s the best Reddit experience out of all the apps I’ve tried, especially compared to the official offering.
If they wanted to make money off of me, they could just add a charge to use the API at the user level. I would pay $5/month to Reddit in order to use the API, including through third-party apps. Like, I get it, go have to keep the lights on and I get a lot of value out of the site.
They’re just going about it all wrong, and users like me are going to end up not using the site anymore.
Yeah, I understand the underlying reason for doing this. I just think they’re killing the chicken to get the eggs. Rather than make a little less money on me (but still make money) they are going to lose a user completely who regularly comments and posts