I understand that, but it does not make my point any less relevant. These morons running around pretending they're hurting Reddit by not using the native app think they depend on mods and ads. They don't. They'll make more by orders of magnitude from profitizing the API. It's the smart business move, but fucking Reddit communists have no idea how businesses actually operate so they think they're relevant.

And in what way, exactly, are the mod tools "inadequate"? Every sub I've ever been to has been horrendously over moderated, and has driven off massive percentages of new users. If you can't figure out how to properly use Reddit without a third-party app, you're a fucking retard.

And? Reddit doesn't give a shit about that. The blackout does nothing to shareholders. Giving away API for free does. They're going to address one of those issues and it isn't going to be apologizing or conceding to whiners who can't conceive of a life without a weird special app for Reddit.

I'm glad threelonmusketeers made this alternative. I also don't give a shit about third party apps because I don't use them. So to me it's a bunch of idiots who have no idea how a company operates throwing a temper tantrum because 'muh app' and ruining something for everyone else.

The blackout does quite literally zero harm to Reddit. None. It accomplishes less than nothing, and in fact makes their lives easier with less users taking up server space.

Not much going on anyway plus about three people made it here. This is going to die pretty quick. Hopefully the idiotic Reddit "protest" will too.