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The data for training seems not super well supported given that Reddit is still wide open to indexing even without authentication. Why bother with an API when you can crawl the site without issues?

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It’s possible it’s just about corralling everyone onto the official app where they can better ID users and utilize first-party adtech data.

If so, then this is simply a dumb and bad move.

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