I've had this account but have been inactive for years. All this garbage the Reddit admins are stirring up had me dust off this account. I honestly believe this might possibly be Reddit's "Digg v4" moment. As for why people just don't jump to Snapzu or another alternative, it's probably the same reason Reddit might just still weather this controversy like it's weathered the others. It's just too big and it's userbase is too fractured into it's own well estabilished communities. If people merely stick to their few subs then they can justify not caring about the rest of the site. It's why when Reddit introduced more stringent content policies, most subs where said policies wouldn't effect them could remain apathetic. The ones that did care were ones that toed the line of what is acceptable (incel subs, red pill subs, political subs that devolved too far, etc). 99% of subreddits don't toe that line. This API thing though will effect a whole lot of users in general, not just subs of specific content so it will hit them harder. While it will probably cause a bigger outcry than all other of Reddit's controversies, people would rather deal with it and stick with their established communities rather than rebuild elsewhere.
I've had this account but have been inactive for years. All this garbage the Reddit admins are stirring up had me dust off this account. I honestly believe this might possibly be Reddit's "Digg v4" moment. As for why people just don't jump to Snapzu or another alternative, it's probably the same reason Reddit might just still weather this controversy like it's weathered the others. It's just too big and it's userbase is too fractured into it's own well estabilished communities. If people merely stick to their few subs then they can justify not caring about the rest of the site. It's why when Reddit introduced more stringent content policies, most subs where said policies wouldn't effect them could remain apathetic. The ones that did care were ones that toed the line of what is acceptable (incel subs, red pill subs, political subs that devolved too far, etc). 99% of subreddits don't toe that line. This API thing though will effect a whole lot of users in general, not just subs of specific content so it will hit them harder. While it will probably cause a bigger outcry than all other of Reddit's controversies, people would rather deal with it and stick with their established communities rather than rebuild elsewhere.