Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

theverge.com

Summary

Google is the only mainstream search engine that shows recent results when you search for posts on Reddit. This leaves out Bing, DuckDuckGo, and other alternatives. Google has struck a $60 million deal that lets the company train its AI models on content from Reddit.

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theonesource

Anybody not see this coming? Big reason I'm spending as much time I can here.

practicalmagic

Same for me, the API shutdown killed my favorite app (RIF) and made me quit reddit on mobile. I just wish more people were here :(

throwschen

Give it time. I've been here since around the time the site was announced on the Reddit alternatives subreddit. The site's activity has grown so much and I'm pretty sure it'll continue growing! This place used to have nobody posting but the rss-bot lol

justadevOP

It's been refreshing to see the responsiveness of the dev here

throwschen

I keep trying to give them a hard time to motivate them to make this the best place possible! @speakbits do better man!!

speakbitsAdmin

I'm trying!! I swear!!

practicalmagic

Don't get me wrong, I've been enjoying the increase in activity! Hope it keeps going!

theonesource

I feel like it's been growing! I'm seeing quite a few posts from users I haven't seen before in the groups I'm in these days

kaiserseahorse

This must be a really new things because I've been able to get latest posts in ddg

humboldt

It is. The last few days have had no issues but I better they're still getting the blocks in place.

getthatmoneyyo

I really hope this is the start of their downfall. It's clear that their leadership is actively hostile to consumers

justadevOP

Nothing but greed. Shows you just what assholes they've been this whole time.

getthatmoneyyo

Still amazing that they have struggled to be profitable in any way

justadevOP

Not a shock when you can see they've probably only cared about enriching themselves and not actually building something sustainable.

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

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