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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit's move to restrict data access signals a growing trend of platforms locking content away from AI scrapers.
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
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Restricting API and RSS access creates a walled garden that prevents AI developers from scraping human-generated conversational data for model training. This move prioritizes Reddit's internal monetization strategy while fundamentally hindering the open web's ability to index social discourse.
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