Not suprising in the least but disappointing to see Reddit move the wrong way. Less open, killing public API, ending RSS. #enshitification commences in a speed run.
Looking forward to #Piefed and rest of #Threadiverse to work to take advantage of this moment.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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2026-10-03 02:19:37 UTC
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