Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
What the coverage shows
TechCrunch and The Verge both frame the story as Reddit tightening access to its services in response to scraping or automated traffic. TechCrunch foregrounds the end of RSS feeds and public API access, while The Verge focuses on reduced access to Old Reddit; that Old Reddit angle appears only in The Verge’s extract.
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