AIUI changes to reddit's API have made Pushshift unsustainable. Edit: see here f...

sodality2 · on May 23, 2023

Those changes haven't been put into effect yet, though. It's "coming".

ericmcer · on May 23, 2023

nuts, I have a little app that relies on it. It is still working atm and returning results from a few seconds ago but that sucks.

I was also always baffled how pushshift API is so superior to the Reddit API. AFAIK it is running for ~$1k/mo.

Locking down APIs like this could lead to way more scrapers which is expensive for everyone involved. I guess the number of people who know how to hit an API endpoint is way higher than the number who can setup a Selenium type scraper that runs JS and circumvents protections.