[The Verge] Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods(www.theverge.com)

posted 1 year ago

Here’s the list of highlights from the article, as it’s a good TL;DR:

The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout
Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working

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1 year ago

I still open baconreader once in a while out of habit.

There’s a little message about “hey sorry but reddit fucked us”, then I remember there is no reddit anymore and I wander off :)

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