{"id":1191087,"date":"2023-10-11T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191087"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:30:42","slug":"reddit-client-narwhal-tries-4-monthly-pricing-to-navigate-api-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191087","title":{"rendered":"Reddit client Narwhal tries $4 monthly pricing to navigate API changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third-party iOS Reddit app Narwhal introduced a $4-per-month subscription plan that will take effect in the next week or two. The developer announced<\/a> the plans Tuesday on Reddit (via<\/a> The Verge<\/em>). The pricing is designed to allow the developer to cover Reddit\u2019s widely disparaged API fee hikes<\/a>, which led to mass online protests earlier this year and the shutdown of the beloved client Apollo.<\/p>\n

The app\u2019s developer, who uses the handle u\/det0ur on Reddit, wrote that the pricing was \u201cdefinitely an experiment\u201d as they try to keep their app afloat. \u201cIf I absolutely have to, I will transition to some other plans,\u201d Narwhal\u2019s creator wrote. \u201cBut I want to try this first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The developer had previously announced tiered pricing based on users\u2019 API calls, but u\/det0ur scrapped that after realizing how cumbersome that would be for users. \u201c[Let\u2019s] be real, the 2003-esque cell phone plan with monitored usage just isn\u2019t great,\u201d the developer wrote<\/a> in a separate post from last week. \u201cWho wants to even worry about what an API Call is? Let alone how much it will cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, API calls are an inescapable financial reality for third-party developers hoping to offer users an alternative to the official Reddit client. Reddit revealed its maligned API changes<\/a> this spring, which led Apollo developer Christian Selig to say the updated pricing would cost him $20 million<\/a> to keep the app going \u201cas-is.\u201d More than 6,000 subreddits went dark to protest<\/a> the changes, but (unlike Unity\u2019s recent walkback<\/a>) Reddit dug in its heels<\/a> and weathered the storm, leading to Apollo\u2019s closure<\/a> and the forced reopening of communities<\/a> that continued to protest.<\/p>\n

Users switching to Narwhal sound pleased with the pricing and the app. \u201cThe customization options are great; I have been able to \u2018rebuild\u2019 Apollo as closely as possible,\u201d wrote u\/Neryuslu. \u201cYou\u2019re the first developer ever to get a monthly sub from me. I have refused this model so far, but in this case it\u2019s obviously different. Still sucks to indirectly pay Reddit like this. Fuck you, u\/spez,\u201d they wrote, referring to the handle of Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/reddit-client-narwhal-tries-4-monthly-pricing-to-navigate-api-changes-163042022.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – Reddit client Narwhal tries monthly pricing to navigate API changes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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