What is the single worst thing about the API changes? : reddit

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What is the single worst thing about the API changes? (self.reddit)

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First of all, I post this as someone who is only modestly informed about the whole situation. I’m a casual user who moved here from Reddit mostly because of the blackout and I don’t have a super strong opinion about any of it.

I’m curious to learn though! Part of my curiosity is in the title - what’s the single worst thing the API changes have done (or will do)? Is it that they priced out Apollo? Is there another big third party app that’s getting killed?

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[–] PlutoniumAcid 17 points 2 years ago

I mean, reddit's own app is crap for moderators. They used third party apps that were really good. When those apps go away, the mods can't work well.

Bad mod work = bad content = bad communities = death of reddit.

So the api problem is basically suicide by a thousand paper cuts. Not fast, not certain, but painful.