After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps, including Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader.

  • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In consideration of how Reddit has been treating its users, “flipping the switch” on the API was, to me, like locking a door I had no intention to open again in the first place.

    • _number8_@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      the attitude is so fucking weird. why are they forcing us to comply with their garbage? shouldn’t the site want users to like the change? or a change to be legitimately built with users in mind?

      this new web paradigm is deeply fucked