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Goodbye, Reddit: How the Internet’s Front Page Is Eating Itself (joanwestenberg.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Bampot to c/jingszo

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Money, Mods, and Mayhem

The Turning Point

In 2024, Reddit is a far cry from its scrappy startup roots. With over 430 million monthly active users and more than 100,000 active communities, it's a social media giant. But with great power comes great responsibility, and Reddit is learning this lesson the hard way.

The turning point came in June 2023 when Reddit announced changes to its API pricing. For the uninitiated, API stands for Application Programming Interface, and it's basically the secret sauce that allows third-party apps to interact with Reddit. The new pricing model threatened to kill off popular third-party apps like Apollo, whose developer Christian Selig didn't mince words: "Reddit's API changes are not just unfair, they're unsustainable for third-party apps."

Over 8,000 subreddits went dark in protest.

The blackout should have reminded Reddit’s overlords of a crucial fact: Reddit’s success was built on the backs of its users. The platform had cultivated a sense of ownership among its community, and now that community was biting back.

One moderator summed it up perfectly: “We’re the ones who keep this site running, and we’re being ignored.”

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[–] Kyle_The_G 105 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

Apollo going down is the reason why I'm here on Lemmy. I loved that app as much as I hate ads and I refuse to compromise so I quit cold turkey and never looked back. I'll do the same for youtube if they ever actually figure out how to combat ad blockers effectively for more than a few hours at a time.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

It was RiF for me. So simple, so good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

my daily driver as well. only thing i didnt like was it was somewhat tougher to follow long comment reply chains than other apps but it was never enough to get me to leave my ~~RIF~~ ~~RIF is fun~~ RIF is fun for Reddit.

as an aside i raw-dog lemmy in browser, havent found an app i like just yet

[–] Sicklad 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I use Connect, has some different display options, mine feels a lot like RIF.

[–] ChocoboRocket 2 points 2 weeks ago

Seconded for connect, runs much smoother than the early days

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