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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 5 days ago by rinze@lemmy.ca to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Nice excuse, I guess.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't one of it's cofounders literally the inventor of RSS?

[–] samvines@awful.systems 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the one that was hounded to suicide by malicious lawyers. He was a genius who was too good for this world and his positive influence over Reddit has long been a mere footnote.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 points 5 days ago

Literally one of the worst things to happen to the internet imho. Imagine if Reddit embraced ActivityPub.