Reddit Communities Stage Mass Blackout in Protest of Company's Policies.
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Over 7,000 Reddit communities, including some of the largest subreddits, have gone dark to protest the company's new API changes, which will charge third-party apps to continue using its platform. The new policy would charge third-party apps $0.24 per 1,000 API calls, which forced third-party apps Apollo and Sync to shut down because of the high prices. Prior to the new policy change, third-party apps used Reddit's API for free.
- Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company's new API changes USA TODAY
- Reddit crashed because of the growing subreddit blackout The Verge
- Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policy CNN
- Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Other Major Subreddits Go Dark IGN
- 7178 subreddits and counting have gone dark today in protest of a 3rd-party app pricing calamity PC Gamer
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