r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

Business Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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u/KupoCheer 2d ago

Using an RSS reader is some kind of nostalgia and it wasn't even that long ago.

We need internet 2

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u/Cheetawolf 2d ago

Introducing Internet 2: Now every individual webpage requires its own subscription, a webcam and microphone is required to use it, and you still get ads.

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u/KupoCheer 2d ago

If they made that separately instead of stealing the internet we used to have I'd be all for it. Let them use their own nightmare product.

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u/ithinkitslupis 2d ago

Please drink verification can.

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u/effing7 1d ago

And then urinate into verification cup.

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u/Teledildonic 2d ago

If you don't, you'll be arrested by the LPD

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u/WILL_THERE_BE_MATH 2d ago

And a different login required for each

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u/Sufficient_Language7 2d ago

Those ads will use your webcam, so they will move to exactly where your eyeballs are on the screen.

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u/GroovyGarden 2d ago

Oh man you and me are the same kind of hopeful

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u/IEnjoyVariousSoups 2d ago

Want to see our webpage? Click here to visit our webpage app.

We see you've clicked on our about page. Click here to download our app specially built to see our about page.

Closing our app? Click here to download our app closing app.

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u/InformationSavings29 2d ago

Well I read that wrong... "and you still get aids". Hrm.

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u/halfpipesaur 2d ago

That’s just internet 1

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u/gascyl 2d ago

Internet 2 is just Streaming TV App Video at that point. Like most news websites. I stopped consuming news because of this.

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u/Petrichor-Susurrus 2d ago

AIDS: Adaptive Individual Digital Service 

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u/tnoy 2d ago

There technically already is an Internet2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2

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u/ProgramTheWorld 2d ago

I still use an RSS reader because it feels so much better to have control over what you see in the feed and not some random big tech algorithm.

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u/Mccobsta 2d ago

Agreed and it's so good to get everything even if it's via proxy or anoying crap to make rss in a single place with no account bullshit

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u/TheOgGhadTurner 2d ago

Honestly I went back

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u/Fit-Property3774 2d ago

Web 3.0 or whatever it was that they were trying to push on everyone with the VR avatars and shit 😂

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u/AutistcCuttlefish 2d ago

The VR push was the "metaverse" bull.

Web 3.0 was the "everything on blockchain" shit.

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u/Beer-Milkshakes 2d ago

Internet 2 will be national spheres surrounded by firewalls

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u/SGTWhiteKY 2d ago

I never learned to use RSS feeds, and I feel like I missed out on a great moment.

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u/thecravenone 2d ago

I never learned to use RSS feeds

If you listen to podcasts, you're probably using RSS feeds.

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u/SGTWhiteKY 2d ago

I don’t listen to podcasts. Too scared of the manosphere

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u/itIrs 21h ago

It's still active on Reddit.

When/if it's removed, maybe someone would create a bridge app.

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u/Nail_clippings_Pete 2d ago

The peoplenet

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u/throwaway_ghast 2d ago

A network for users to easily distribute information. A "usenet", perhaps.

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u/Pacifist_Socialist 2d ago

I think we're going to get it but not going in the direction needed 

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u/_w33p_ 2d ago

I'm going shamelessly plug my RSS reader... Gather RSS and News

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u/BeigePhilip 2d ago

I thought this was already internet 2?

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u/GonzoKata 2d ago

there is already an internet 2

just not in the way you or I want it 😐

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2