First of all, I post this as someone who is only modestly informed about the whole situation. I’m a casual user who moved here from Reddit mostly because of the blackout and I don’t have a super strong opinion about any of it.
I’m curious to learn though! Part of my curiosity is in the title - what’s the single worst thing the API changes have done (or will do)? Is it that they priced out Apollo? Is there another big third party app that’s getting killed?
This sums up my feelings pretty well. It’s not just that they’re pricing out third party apps, it’s the slow degradation from the ideal forum hosting website to a money-hungry data mine. I suppose this is something that’s been coming for a decade now, ever since Aaron Swartz died.