just so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10.
developments to this point:
- Apollo for Reddit is shutting down
- Reddit is Fun will also shut down
- Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update
- Sync has announced it is shutting down
- ReddPlanet has announced it is shutting down
- Reddit creates an API exemption for noncommercial accessibility apps
The Verge is on it as usual, also–here’s their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):
I don’t get what his angle is. Is it just dumb ego or am I missing something?
It’s all corpspeak. It means nothing except to lie and gaslight users into staying so he can cash out.