The Aftermath of Reddit's Blackout Protests.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends the API changes that are forcing some third-party developers to shut down their apps, stating that those third-party apps aren’t adding much value to the platform. Huffman takes issue with the third-party apps that are building a business on top of his own. He believes that they need to pay for this and that covering Reddit’s asking price with only 30 days’ notice would have been nigh-impossible. More than 80 percent of the top 5,000 communities by daily active users are now open, according to a fact sheet shared by the company on Thursday.