Following Twitter's footsteps, online discussion website Reddit announced last month that it would start charging apps for API access from June 19 this year. While many developers were unhappy with Reddit's decision, the popular Reddit client Apollo's developer said the company assured him that, unlike Twitter, the pricing 'will be reasonable and based in reality'. As it turns out, that might not be the case. In a recent post on Reddit, Apollo developer Christian Selig shared details about Reddit's upcoming API pricing. According to Selig, Reddit told him that they would charge $12,000 per 50 million requests. Last month, Apollo made 7 billion requests, meaning once the API pricing go live, the developer would have to shell out somewhere around $1.7 million per month or roughly $20 million every year. It goes on to say that on average, every Apollo user makes 344 requests per day and that even if the app keeps its subscription users, it would cost him $2.50 per month, which is more than double the current subscription price and is 20x more than what an average user brings Reddit in revenue. While Selig currently has no plans to shut down Apollo, the developer says he will have to think for a while since Reddit confirmed it will not be flexible with the pricing.
