The valcomp subreddit is joining the blackout thing so they will be offline bewteen 12-14th
This means a lot of reddit immigrants coming to VLR.
Lets be kind to our new friends!
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reddit is making it effectively impossible for third party apps to use reddit api which means people have to use the reddit app and a lot of moderation tools/reddit plugins like custom emojis will stop working
A bunch of subreddits are planning on going offline 12-14th to protest, it won't do anything though
reddit is making it effectively impossible for third party apps to use reddit api which means people have to use the reddit app and a lot of moderation tools/reddit plugins like custom emojis will stop working
A bunch of subreddits are planning on going offline 12-14th to protest, it won't do anything though
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
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