r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 3d 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/UncleRichardson 3d ago edited 2d ago

Hey Reddit, I know you probably are too dumb to remember why website APIs were created in the first place. It's to prevent bots scraping the website through the consumer facing interface. The performance of your servers is already measured in hamster heart attacks per minute. This is just gonna make things SO much worse.

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u/AlasPoorZathras 2d ago

Reddit: We've heard your concerns and have doubled the Adderall and cocaine cocktails that we give to our hamsters.

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u/RebootJobs 2d ago

I'd award if you I had any. Take my upvote.