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Millions of Reddit users face a blackout over pricing revolt
Thousands of Reddit communities are planning a widespread blackout that will impact millions of users. The revolt comes in response to proposed charges for third-party app developers, which they claim will make the social media platform inaccessible for a significant proportion of users.
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A 48 hour blackout is just a hissy fit, it won't change anything. If they stayed dark until u/spez actually changed the policy, it might make a difference.
11 year user, and I'm about done too.
Welp, I can confirm, I am a 15+year user of reddit, and I am moving on. Its been a patchy ride but you can't shake your head in any direction without seeing news firehoses aimed at your face, so I don't think I'm going to miss anything.
Same here. Probably not quite 15 years, but almost. It’s so great for the small communities dedicated to some niche thing you love, but I can’t support the site that killed Apollo. I hope to find somewhere to call home!
Yeah, killing Apollo was the last straw fro me too!
Reddit is shit but this will have minimal impact until a competitor comes along which is open, free and not run by absolute knobs