Curious how big the gap was with the API costs.

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    My first thought: “oh, that guy is rich now”, but then I started calculating. Around $40.000 per month seems like a lot, but he had to pay some services for API access (not the reddit one, if I understand it correctly, but others), and servers for push messages and stuff. And then, since he probably was self-employed I would add costs for insurances, maybe a mortgage, normal stuff. It might have been kinda decent, but he did not earn millions by now, even with the income of his other apps.

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      He probably is still rich (hell, he made more money in a year than I probably ever will in my life), but yeah probably not as much as some people may think.

      He did estimate that if everyone asks for a refund, he’ll have to pay out $250k, ouch.

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        Yeah, that’s a lot of money as well. His business might have paid quite well. Buuuut it comes with a risk, which he took, knowing his whole business relies on those APIs. Well shit, it turns out the deciders at Reddit are assholes. I don’t blame Reddit for charging for the service, I blame them for how they announce it. It’s just inhumane.

        Sorry for the babbling. I’m just so angry 😅