Recently, Reddit decided to impose massive API fees to third-party apps with almost zero warning. This feels like a play to kill these apps, drive users to the official Reddit app (which is a dumpster fire), and boost stats prior to an expected IPO in the near future.
Starting Monday, a large number of subreddits are going private to protest the outlandish API fees and the lack of warning. I'm planning to support this myself by taking the week off and not using Reddit at all. For years, I have used an app called Baconreader for nearly all of my redditing, and that app (along with others) will be forced to shut down at the end of the month unless something changes.
Redditors of PCF, what are you doing this week? Continue to reddit and just deal with the lack of certain big subreddits for now? Temporary/permanent reddit vacation? Any plans for trying other services like Lemmy or Discord?
Starting Monday, a large number of subreddits are going private to protest the outlandish API fees and the lack of warning. I'm planning to support this myself by taking the week off and not using Reddit at all. For years, I have used an app called Baconreader for nearly all of my redditing, and that app (along with others) will be forced to shut down at the end of the month unless something changes.
Redditors of PCF, what are you doing this week? Continue to reddit and just deal with the lack of certain big subreddits for now? Temporary/permanent reddit vacation? Any plans for trying other services like Lemmy or Discord?