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GummySearch shuts down and deletes user data; a developer rebuilds its daily loop on a local model

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GummySearch, a service that sold Reddit audience research to makers, stopped accepting new users on 30 November 2025 and will delete all user data on 1 December 2026. The company reportedly could not obtain a commercial licence for Reddit's Data API. A developer has responded by building Overheard, an open-source project that runs on a laptop with an open-weight model and reviews Reddit and Hacker News each morning. It sends one email per product listing relevant posts, recurring pain points, and mentions of the product or its competitors, each backed by a quoted sentence. The project is positioned as a self-hostable alternative to the paid tools still operating in this space.

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