After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps, including Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader.
After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps, including Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader.
In consideration of how Reddit has been treating its users, “flipping the switch” on the API was, to me, like locking a door I had no intention to open again in the first place.
the attitude is so fucking weird. why are they forcing us to comply with their garbage? shouldn’t the site want users to like the change? or a change to be legitimately built with users in mind?
this new web paradigm is deeply fucked