> It's quite a bit higher than comparable social media sites
What site besides Twitter even has paid API access for something like this? I haven't seen anything to indicate Facebook charges for API access. Even then, you can't build a full facebook replacement with their public API's. I agree that the execution in terms of timeline was awful by reddit. But the pricing makes sense when you realize their goal is to kill off third party apps. Reddit charges $5 a month for Reddit Premium, so allowing a third party to charge less than that and deliver the same feature set is silly.
What site besides Twitter even has paid API access for something like this? I haven't seen anything to indicate Facebook charges for API access. Even then, you can't build a full facebook replacement with their public API's. I agree that the execution in terms of timeline was awful by reddit. But the pricing makes sense when you realize their goal is to kill off third party apps. Reddit charges $5 a month for Reddit Premium, so allowing a third party to charge less than that and deliver the same feature set is silly.