I feel torn about this: reddit has to bear server costs when 3rd party apps use their API, and those apps aren't generating revenue for reddit, if anything they "steal" revenue by preventing users from seeing ads, promoted posts, etc.

it makes sense reddit wants to charge for API use

but, the official reddit app sucks, and I want more freedom and variety of choice on the internet, not less

maybe the compromise is making the price per call lower?