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Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from unpopular API pricing changes

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Re: Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from unpopular API pricing changes

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Post by docdeek »

giuliomagnifico wrote: post #2

Nice. Maybe the general mobilization worked? Looks like a workaround to say "hey the well done apps -like Apollo- can still be used", or I have interpreted this announcement wrong?

My impression was that Apollo is NOT included in the free-tier access. IT seems to be addressing apps focused on accessability for blind users and the like, not general users of third-party apps.

Re: Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from unpopular API pricing changes

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Post by Silhouette »

I expect they are going to exempt a lot more than that. I have lost count of how many of the useful subreddits I belong to have already committed to going dark next week but it's a lot of them. This was a terrible judgement on Reddit's part and some kind of mea culpa from a higher-up followed by a rapid climb down looks inevitable if they don't want to be the next Twitter.

Re: Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from unpopular API pricing changes

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Post by PrimeMcFly »

Silhouette wrote: post #7

I expect they are going to exempt a lot more than that. I have lost count of how many of the useful subreddits I belong to have already committed to going dark next week but it's a lot of them. This was a terrible judgement on Reddit's part and some kind of mea culpa from a higher-up followed by a rapid climb down looks inevitable if they don't want to be the next Twitter.

Most subs are going dark for 2 days, which is an inconvenience that will be soon forgotten.

The subs that try to stay dark permanently will have their mods replaced.

Re: Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from unpopular API pricing changes

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Post by edandersen »

Silhouette wrote: post #7

I expect they are going to exempt a lot more than that. I have lost count of how many of the useful subreddits I belong to have already committed to going dark next week but it's a lot of them. This was a terrible judgement on Reddit's part and some kind of mea culpa from a higher-up followed by a rapid climb down looks inevitable if they don't want to be the next Twitter.

Why doesn't Reddit just disable the ability to "go dark"?
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