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CNBC - Thousands of Reddit pages go dark in protest over company's new third-party app policy (www.youtube.com)
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[–] ironeaglebird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awful takes on the issue. They did not even try to show the protestors' side. No mention of the astronomical pricing of the API or that the main Reddit app is subpar compared to the third-party apps.

[–] dizzy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Completely misses the point that the moderators rely on these third party tools to moderate for free and that reddit will turn into a cesspool of spam without them.

[–] greenfish@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

The core issue is disrespecting the unpaid labor they rely on. A lot of people don't seem to understand this