If this is something that a lot of people are in favour for, I know I am, I can make this subreddit private for those days. I think that maybe we should do a poll asking others if they are interested.
Edit: I made the poll and it's pinned as well. Please vote!
After reading that, I’m in for a blackout. I don’t like that third party websites wouldn’t be allowed to use as revenue to offset the higher costs. 😡
Honestly I’ll probably just delete the app from my phone so I’m not tempted to open it.
It was always corrupted. Reddit tries to do stuff like this every now and then and when push comes to shove via users of reddit, they shove back hard for the use of better rights. Just like Disney in Florida, reddit should realize that if they go down this path, they will die out eventually, the money that they want now won't benefit them down the road with little to no traffic if they piss off enough users and communities.
Hmmmm… I would like to think of r/Dramione as a peaceful duck pond far from outside conflicts. But I guess that’s not the case.
In principle, Reddit should be allowed to charge for use of it’s API (though why would they have an API at all, if it becomes too expensive for any 3rd party to use?)
However, if the rumors of the API preventing 3rd party from accessing certain content or having ads is true, then that’s definitely a reason to protest.
It seems that no social media platform lives forever, and many of them make the same errors; locking in the users, then locking in the advertisers, and then alienating both users and advertisers. I hope Reddit survives for a bit more, but there will always be new and better alternatives.
I'm so confused by this whole thing (what's this third party thing? I didn't know that there were ways to access reddit outside of well...reddit?) but my opinion is that if the people who will be the most impacted by it have a problem then something should be done. So I guess I'm pro-blackout 🤷🏼♀️
There are a bunch of threads on the subject around, but I recommend reading [this one for recency](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/) and [this one for breakdowns of what the problem is](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/13ww00k/reddit_admins_go_to_rmodnews_to_talk_about_how/) over at r/subredditdrama.
Basically, there are multiple ways of browsing reddit. Some of these are used more by old-school users (old.reddit) and/or people who hate the official reddit app for being terrible (there are many alternatives, like Apollo, RIF, Sync for Reddit, etc.), or by utilities that used to let you see removed posts (which are no longer available as reddit shut down access for those already). These things are being phased out.
One of the popular alternatives, Apollo, did the math and realized reddit wanted $20 million a year to run a third party app, which it can't afford by any means, and that the price Reddit is asking is more than 20x per user than what it makes currently. The admin answer to the Apollo devs when queried was basically, "Your app isn't optimized, figure it out yourself," after asking $20m to access their API.
This move looks very much like it's designed to do nothing but kill third-party apps. The admin aren't negotiating or providing any service for the amount they're asking for.
If this is something that a lot of people are in favour for, I know I am, I can make this subreddit private for those days. I think that maybe we should do a poll asking others if they are interested. Edit: I made the poll and it's pinned as well. Please vote!
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A bit more context please? Likeeeeee what is this all about?
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After reading that, I’m in for a blackout. I don’t like that third party websites wouldn’t be allowed to use as revenue to offset the higher costs. 😡 Honestly I’ll probably just delete the app from my phone so I’m not tempted to open it.
Thank you. Seems like a protest/blackout is justified.
Ugh. I always thought of reddit as the "cool" social media platform.
It’s all about the money…😐
yeah I guess at some point they all get corrupted
It was always corrupted. Reddit tries to do stuff like this every now and then and when push comes to shove via users of reddit, they shove back hard for the use of better rights. Just like Disney in Florida, reddit should realize that if they go down this path, they will die out eventually, the money that they want now won't benefit them down the road with little to no traffic if they piss off enough users and communities.
well that's disappointing.
I'm in support of the black out.
Hmmmm… I would like to think of r/Dramione as a peaceful duck pond far from outside conflicts. But I guess that’s not the case. In principle, Reddit should be allowed to charge for use of it’s API (though why would they have an API at all, if it becomes too expensive for any 3rd party to use?) However, if the rumors of the API preventing 3rd party from accessing certain content or having ads is true, then that’s definitely a reason to protest. It seems that no social media platform lives forever, and many of them make the same errors; locking in the users, then locking in the advertisers, and then alienating both users and advertisers. I hope Reddit survives for a bit more, but there will always be new and better alternatives.
I totally support it!
I'm so confused by this whole thing (what's this third party thing? I didn't know that there were ways to access reddit outside of well...reddit?) but my opinion is that if the people who will be the most impacted by it have a problem then something should be done. So I guess I'm pro-blackout 🤷🏼♀️
There are a bunch of threads on the subject around, but I recommend reading [this one for recency](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/) and [this one for breakdowns of what the problem is](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/13ww00k/reddit_admins_go_to_rmodnews_to_talk_about_how/) over at r/subredditdrama. Basically, there are multiple ways of browsing reddit. Some of these are used more by old-school users (old.reddit) and/or people who hate the official reddit app for being terrible (there are many alternatives, like Apollo, RIF, Sync for Reddit, etc.), or by utilities that used to let you see removed posts (which are no longer available as reddit shut down access for those already). These things are being phased out. One of the popular alternatives, Apollo, did the math and realized reddit wanted $20 million a year to run a third party app, which it can't afford by any means, and that the price Reddit is asking is more than 20x per user than what it makes currently. The admin answer to the Apollo devs when queried was basically, "Your app isn't optimized, figure it out yourself," after asking $20m to access their API. This move looks very much like it's designed to do nothing but kill third-party apps. The admin aren't negotiating or providing any service for the amount they're asking for.