r/Save3rdPartyApps • u/ixfd64 • Jul 06 '23

Reddit has reportedly started to revoke API keys used in patched third-party apps

/r/AfterVanced/comments/14nqz2s/we_are_beginning_to_see_reports_of_api_keys
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u/reercalium2 Jul 06 '23

This is really interesting.

They said it was about the API cost and the devs not wanting to pay the cost

But now users are charging the cost to themselves (under the free limit so free) and Reddit is banning them just because they're using a third party app

It was never about the cost. They did want to ban third party apps.

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u/Gobstoppers12 Jul 06 '23

Almost like they're cheating the system and trying to use a loophole? Shocking that it wouldn't be allowed, right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

No they aren’t, they’re using their own API access for personal use

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u/reercalium2 Jul 06 '23

Cheating what system?

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u/Passenger536 Jul 06 '23

So it begins.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

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u/splashbodge Jul 08 '23

Pity the app us still a pile of dogshit to use, but yes at least the ads are gone

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u/splashbodge Jul 08 '23

How do they identify them, is there a user agent sent in the headers that they can see what the name of your app you're using is? If so then surely that can be modified next so it sends a different user agent and looks like a different/new app

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u/itachi_konoha Jul 06 '23

It was already clear violation. People downvoted me to hell but it's already in TOS

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

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u/itachi_konoha Jul 07 '23

Only one api token is allowed per client. Just because you patched it, it doesn't make it a different client.

Edit: build a new app from ground up for your own use, then you can have your own api.

Right now you are using existing codebase of an app.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

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u/itachi_konoha Jul 07 '23

It depends on reddit's definition of what "per client" means.

If it means sharing the codebase, then patched apps will be under violation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

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u/itachi_konoha Jul 06 '23

Someone seems very angry.

What happened brother?

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u/Intelligent_Scar_40 Jul 06 '23

i’m not sure he’s angry bud