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One of the worst side effects of the protest is that it has changed the whole conversation into a "Reddit versus mods thing"
This wasn't just about moderation tools, and it's shitty how so many headlines have claimed it is.
What about us regular users? We who supported the protests because we like the 3rd party apps and didn't want to lose them. Why is that not reason enough? Why does this have to be about accessibility or moderation tools?
Why do mods get concessions but not the users? How about us that don't want to use your trash official app, huh? Where are your vapid promises to us?
I don't even use third party apps, but it's fundamentally bad for the internet for big websites to do shit like this to try to lock off their APIs to only paid users even though it's a free website populated entirely by user generated content.