r/Apple Blackout: What happened - r/apple
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A post from r/apple explaining why they were forced to reopen their subreddit after planning to close indefinitely.

Quotes from the r/apple announcement:

Reddit’s asshole CEO u/spez made it clear that Reddit was not backing down on their changes but assured users that apps or tools meant for accessibility will be unharmed along with most moderation tools and bots. While this was great to hear, it still wasn’t enough. So along with hundreds of other subreddits including our friends over at r/iPhone, r/iOS, r/AppleWatch, and r/Jailbreak, we decided to stay private indefinitely until Reddit changed course by giving third-party apps a fair price for API access.

Now you must be wondering, “I’m seeing this post, does that mean they budged?” Unfortunately, the answer is no. You are seeing this post because Reddit has threatened to open subreddits regardless of mod action and replace entire teams that otherwise refuse. We want the best for this community and have no choice but to open it back up — or have it opened for us.

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  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 years ago

    I’m a fairly removed redditor. I browsed here and there, but only really ever used it used it within the last year. RIF app is all I ever knew. I hated when I’d get directed to the web browser. Never even used their app.

    I didn’t feel strongly about any of this tbh.

    I do now.

    Reddit objectively sucks compared to whatever is happening here.

    We are us. Donate.

  • lenninscjay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    Can’t say I’m surprised. I’m sure they’ll stop people from deleting their own content off soon too. It’s amazing how short sighted they can be burning the community that gave them the decades of free content that made Reddit popular.

      • lenninscjay@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Hmm, I wonder if US users benefit from that? I’m sure they could tell by the IPs where the content was posted. Maybe that’s too much of a hassle though

        • OmegaEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          That doesn’t really matter. If an EU citizen is in the US (be that a temporary visit or otherwise) GDPR still applies, filtering this only based on IPs / location would be a bad idea

  • samick1English
    3·
    2 years ago

    When workers strike, are the temps better?

    They can do this. It won’t go well.