just so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10.
developments to this point:
- Apollo for Reddit is shutting down
- Reddit is Fun will also shut down
- Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update
- Sync has announced it is shutting down
- ReddPlanet has announced it is shutting down
- Reddit creates an API exemption for noncommercial accessibility apps
- /r/videos is planning to shut down indefinitely, beginning June 11
- A subreddit dedicated to migrating to kbin.social has been closed by Reddit
The Verge is on it as usual, also–here’s their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):
other media coverage:
I’m using libreddit on PC, and Offline Reader for Reddit for my android, I’m not good at tech stuff, can anyone confirm if they are also exempted?
I believe that libreddit is looking for a workaround against the reddit api changes, if they cannot find one they will move to web scraping
Unless they find a workaround or switch to web scraping, I don’t think so. RedReader was exempted specifically because it has a lot of accessibility features for blind users who use screen readers.