Reddit Is Killing RSS Feeds and Public API Access to Fight AI Scrapers
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Reddit announces it will shut down RSS feeds on November 13 and terminate public API access for third‑party apps by March 2027, citing rampant AI scrapers that harvest content. While the platform blocks external data pipelines, it simultaneously licenses its own posts to AI firms, prompting concerns that the move may drive developers to alternative communities and reshape content distribution.
Reddit RSS dies November 13 and outside apps lose their data pipeline by March 2027. Reddit blames scraping bots, though it licenses its own content to AI companies.