Now that the dust has settled, what went wrong with saving 3rd party apps? : reddit

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Now that the dust has settled, what went wrong with saving 3rd party apps? (i.ibb.co)

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[–] stevehobbes 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think this places too much blame on mods. Reddit is a corporation and they were going to do what they’re going to do.

Power users cared about 3p apps, the average redditor probably didn’t even know they existed.

It was never going to “succeed” if success was that Reddit backtracked from their position. It would have made spez look too weak.

I think it did cost them a lot more than they suggested in the short term, and I think it’ll cost them more in the long run too.

Lemmy is going to become a real competitor. And it probably never would have previously.

[–] AlmightySnoo 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think this places too much blame on mods.

Well, it doesn't help that the main means of the protests were centered around the moderators' ability to close down the subreddits. I think the outcome would have been different if other means were used, like collectively nuking your account, promoting Lemmy and Adblockers etc... These have been done, but only individually.