The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

  • shinobizilla@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Partly because the majority of the people didn’t even know there were 3rd party apps lol. Many people don’t even care about the protests. Reddit is too big for it to go down overnight.

    The only thing we could do now is build better communities here.