![]() The same week, developers of a number of third-party apps - including Apollo and Reddit Is Fun - said that the new API pricing would make it unaffordable for those apps to continue working on Reddit. It would require “premium access for third parties who require additional capabilities and higher usage limits,” according to the announcement. On April 18, Reddit announced it would update access to its API, which notably included the introduction of a paid model for third-party apps. And while a number of subreddits resumed normal activity after the duration of the official blackout, a handful of begun protesting in more interesting ways - including flooding their subreddits with images of John Oliver, and switching community labels to NSFW (not safe for work). This blackout was slated to run from June 12 to June 14, but some mods and communities planned to continue protesting until “the issue is adequately addressed,” according to the website Save 3rd Party Apps.ĭespite the protests, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has held steady on the API pricing changes. ![]() Other subreddits are simply no longer accepting new posts or edits. The social media site experienced an outage on June 12, as more than 7,600 subreddits - including some of the largest gaming-related subreddits - went dark in protest of changes to third-party API pricing, just days after a disastrous AMA with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. Reddit users are still revolting en masse against planned changes to the platform’s API. ![]()
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