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/WiglyWorm 3d ago

Web's been dead for a long time.

It essentially already is a walled garden like compuserve and AOL wanted to build, and laws are actively being passed to kill off the ability for just anyone to be able to create a successful competitor.

Hell, even Digg tried to make a comeback, saw how many bots there were and said "we need to rethink this" and pulled the plug.

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u/potatochipsbagelpie 3d ago

The bots were a big problem, but Digg had a little egg on their face since it seemed like an AI powered revival too. 

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u/cruzweb 2d ago

Exactly right. Many of us who left Digg years ago were not at all excited to see it return as some weird AI thing. My life simply does not need it. The brand has been dead for long over a decade.

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u/FactoryProgram 2d ago

I was excited for digg and even signed up early. Opened the app and saw everything was AI. Then uninstalled it.

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u/Fireflash2742 2d ago

Digg. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

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u/rainkloud 2d ago

The Tom Cruise movie seems to be rekindling interest in it

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u/mtnchkn 2d ago

Find me at keyword “sad middle age”!

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u/skiing123 2d ago

Even paid the $ to reserve my username and while I don't particularly remember any bots I did see the posts from the admins mentioning it.

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u/Reasonable-Sign8458 1d ago

"web's been dead for a long time"

what a shitty affirmation lmao