Today I checked the pmos sub and was quite surprised it was closed. And for what reason? API change is ancient history.

Clearly, the protest amounted to nothing and frankly once I figured out that reddit api change wasn’t about preventing foss apps, but about squeezing paid apps out of the market, I didn’t care about it at all.

What’s important for any project is the community, and reddit is simply the only place where such community can grow. So why not open it back up?

upd. it seems that this thread is the most actions this community had in months. Clearly demonstrates the superiority of lemmy, right?

  • @breadsmasher
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    71 year ago

    Redreader was given a specific exemption. So thats specific to a couple apps and not a general rule

    In response to user outcry, Reddit introduced exemptions for developers of “non-commercial apps that address accessibility needs.” Rathschmidt confirmed that two apps, Dystopia and RedReader, have received exemptions, and the company is in talks with “a number of developers focused on accessibility.”

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind