The Cost of Reddit's Blackout: CEO's Interview and Google's Barren Search Results

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended the platform's decision to shut down some of the most popular third-party Reddit apps due to API pricing changes, arguing that it is a business decision to force AI companies training on Reddit’s data to pay up. Huffman said that the changes are wiping out some beloved Reddit apps, but thousands of subreddits have gone dark for days in protest. Huffman also said that Reddit is willing to work with the apps that are willing to work with them, and that the two biggest apps, Apollo and RIF, threw in the towel.