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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

because of AI bots

Is it because they want it to be only a.i. bots, because that seems to be where it's heading by making it more and more hostile to humans.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I mean, "because of AI bots" is technically correct, but it's more because they want to control the sale of their own users' data rather than letting other bots scrape to sell.

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