Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business

Reddit’s average daily user base has grown since the API changes. Reddit’s SEC filing also provides a peek at user numbers, which seem to have increased since the protests that started on June ... Read More

Reddit communities are 'going dark' to protest changes that would hurt third-party apps - Engadget

Reddit's potential threat to third-party apps is prompting a high-profile protest. Dozens of subreddits, including major examples like Earthporn, LifeProTips, ReactionGIFs and Videos, have ... Read More

Despite widespread user protest, Reddit CEO says company is ‘not negotiating’ on 3rd-party app charges | PBS News

WATCH: Reddit users go dark in protest of policy that could shut out third-party apps But the blackout is not over, organizers say. Nearly 9,000 subreddits went dark this week. Read More

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ | The Verge

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tells The Verge that he’s fine that some of Reddit’s most-beloved third-party apps are shutting down, claiming they didn’t add value to the platform and were ... Read More

Reddit users go dark in protest of policy that could shut out third-party apps | PBS News

More than 6,000 communities on the popular social networking forum Reddit have gone dark as moderators protest the company’s decision to charge some third-party apps for the use of Reddit data. Read More

Third-party Reddit app Narwhal hopes to survive Reddit’s app purge with a subscription plan - TechCrunch

After a nasty battle between the developers of third-party apps and Reddit management, ultimately resulting in a site-wide protest, many app makers were put out of business due to Reddit’s price ... Read More

Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods | The Verge

It happened: popular third-party Reddit apps like Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader have shut down due to the company’s planned API changes. However, the company brought back its r/Place ... Read More

Reddit’s CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add ‘No Value.’ How He Completely Lost the Thread

Reddit’s CEO Says Third-Party Apps Add ‘No Value.’ ... was never designed to support third-party apps,” Huffman said. ... That’s a problem for a business that wants to go public. ... Read More

Popular Reddit app Apollo may go out of business over Reddit’s new, unaffordable API pricing - TechCrunch

The maker of Apollo, one of the most popular third-party mobile apps for browsing Reddit, may have to close up shop due to Reddit’s recently announced new API pricing terms.App developer ... Read More

Reddit Wants to Price 3rd-Party Apps Out of Existence - Droid Life

It appears now that reddit is looking to inflict the same pain upon itself, implementing a $12,500 per 50M API requests fee to 3rd-party developers, which essentially prices them out of business. Read More

Despite widespread protest, Reddit CEO says company is ‘not negotiating’ on 3rd-party app charges - The Hill

The Reddit app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Reddit is facing an ongoing blackout from some of its most active users. Read More

Despite widespread protest, Reddit CEO says company is 'not negotiating' on 3rd-party app charges - The Detroit News

But Reddit says that supporting these high usage third-party developers is too expensive and that the new policy is necessary to become a self-sustaining business. Despite this week's blackout ... Read More