this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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As another person already stated somewhere in this thread: Many people probably don't realise how bad getting rid of third party apps really is. Yeah it makes all the things like apollo go away, but it also removes many helpful moderation tools and bots made for fun to like the alphabetical order bot. They just can't grasp how bad that really is
Reddit got filled with loads of casual users following the redesign. If you look at most people's profiles they have only had their account for a few years. I remember on Old Reddit, it felt like most people had had their accounts since almost the beginning. And also, EVERYONE knew what RES and third-party apps were and they were all using it.
I just think the userbase is completely different to what it once was.