“I think the existing, altruistic, free version of Reddit will continue to exist and grow and thrive just the way it has,” Huffman said. “But now we will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas, things of that nature.”
i mean if they don’t paywall existing subs, and just make it an option for future subs…I could see a world where people use that for like their Patreon or something, like with invite-only Discords. But then, in my mind, that’s people paying Patreon to get access to an exclusive Reddit, and that wouldn’t bring Reddit new money, so maybe this isn’t working the way i’m thinking…
There would still be some users that would rather pay through reddit for access than make an account on patreon and connect their account