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.
I don’t think this article is really “pro reddit” tbh. The headline says Reddit won, but the copy adds context to that. Reddit was always going to outlast the protests. I can’t imagine anyone was delusional enough to think otherwise. But like the article says, Huffman lost most of the other gambles in terms of post quality, public opinion, and there’s still 1800+ subs of varying sizes dark.
Short term ad traffic is the win he needs on paper, but the press hasn’t been favorable overall and user engagement is high if you consider edgy teenagers making the front page with nonsense because all the decent mods have quit as consistent engagement.