Relay for Reddit could cost between $1 and $5 per month.
  • @hubobes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Apps that make fewer than 100 queries per minute using OAuth authentication

    This is what Reddit allows for free, why is Relay asking for 1$ when using 50 queries a day?

    • @FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Agreed. This place ain’t 100% the same but it’s been a fine replacement and it will get better over time.

  • @shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I used to spend a lot of time on reddit. Now since middle of june i have spent like 10 minutes total their and came streight back here. Lemmy has totally replaced my reddit usage slot and i am really happy about that. Also, shout out to the fantastic Thunder devs as i really love this app.

  • Sebeck0401
    1•1 year ago

    Relay is an amazing app. Very smooth. And this is a good solution for his app to survive.

    But besides the fact that almost all of the money will be going to Reddit. Everything you do on the app makes calls to the API, including voting. And each vote is equal to one call, just as much getting a batch of comments for a post, or getting a batch of posts.

    So the best way to keep your API calls low is to not vote on any post or comment.

    Maybe the dev will optimize this somehow by maybe batching votes and sending them at a later date, but you can see how the current situation, made possible by reddit, will decrease engagement.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The costs of a subscription will go up based on a user’s daily average number of API calls, essentially meaning that the more things a person does in the app, the more they might have to pay.

    Here is the full list, from developer DBrady’s post, which appears to include Google’s take of the subscription and Relay’s expected revenues:

    In the newest release of Relay, DBrady says they also added the ability for users to see their average daily API calls.

    The plan is for a subscription to roll out in two or three weeks from the time of their post and they expect to charge a monthly cost of $3 or $4.

    “This won’t cover the cost of ‘super users’ who use the app all day, but, on average, it should allow me to pay the Reddit API bill,” the developer said.

    Many subreddits and users protested against the switch to the paid API in-party because of its effect on the third-party app ecosystem.

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