Third party applications
Reddit is mostly offline, which is what the mega hit is all about
Third-party Reddit apps are set to push soon. Society is unwilling to do so – and has launched a multi-day strike against the changes.
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The majority of subreddits are set to private since Monday, or at least no new posts can be posted.
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The reason for this is because – if Reddit has it’s way – third-party apps will soon be paid for. Communities and moderators are fighting back now.
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So if you are using an unofficial Reddit app, you may soon be asked to pay. In addition, admin bots and meme bots will also be affected.
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It is not yet clear how communities and moderators will react if they do not give up.
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Most of the social news aggregator Reddit has not been accessed since Monday.
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This was intended to set an example against third-party apps that are paid for.
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How would subreddits and moderators react if they didn’t give up?
that happened
a Most of Reddit It is no longer available today. Communities (subreddits) are either not accessible or they don’t allow new posts. Reddit describes itself as the “front of the internet” and offers a platform where you can Always up to date Stay up to date with breaking news, memes, and Kickstarter projects. In May and June 2023, several sub-forums announced that they would go offline or private from June 12, 2023 to June 14, 2023. In the meantime, more than 6,200 of the more than 7,200 communities have gone offline, including many Which has several million subscribers, wrote “Spiegel”.
This is the background
With the blackout, subreddits are reacting to a controversial decision by the company to charge developers of unofficial Reddit apps future fees for data usage. This frustrates users because third-party apps have advantages over the Reddit app. “None of us do this lightly: We do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe that this change will make it impossible to continue doing what we love,” they said in a joint statement to the prominent moderators.
This is what it means to you
So if you are using an unofficial Reddit app, you may soon be asked to pay. In addition, admin bots and meme bots will also be affected. Meanwhile, the already popular Apollo app announced its withdrawal at the end of June. If Reddit doesn’t give up and reduce the fees it charges app developers, it could soon be over for third-party providers: According to him, Apollo developer Christian Selig had to pay more than $20 million a year. How would subreddits and moderators react if they didn’t give up?
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