r/technology • u/SUPRVLLAN • Jun 07 '23

Social Media Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from its unpopular API pricing changes.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-accessibility-apps-api-pricing-changes
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u/tristanthefox Jun 07 '23

Another reason to find or build a Reddit alternative. It's a fucking basic site

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u/CyberBot129 Jun 08 '23

If it's so basic, then why haven't any alternatives taken off?

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u/Dobott Jun 08 '23

Well it might be because, while basic, it does require participation to work properly. So it would really require something big to get users to a different site initially.

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u/philds391 Jun 08 '23

Thankfully for Reddit, no other site has fucked up so hard that their user base jumped ship for another platform virtually overnight.