Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has given an enlightening interview with The Verge about the controversy surrounding its move to a paid API. In it he says that "we're not going to subsidize other people's businesses for free" and that the "API usage is about covering costs". When asked if apps like Apollo add value to Reddit and are worth supporting, "not as much as they take. No way". He went on to finish the interview arguing that "the blackouts are not representative of the greater Reddit community". In an interview with NBC he called the moderators of subreddits gone private, "landed gentry" that are "not democratic" and "plans to pursue changes to Reddit's moderator removal policy to allow ordinary users to vote moderators out more easily if their decisions aren't popular". Strap in, shit's gonna get messy.
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