a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps

https://beehaw.org/post/468933

a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps - Beehaw

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 [https://beehaw.org/post/467863?scrollToComments=true] - Reddit is Fun will also shut down [https://beehaw.org/post/468731?scrollToComments=true] - Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update [https://beehaw.org/post/468505?scrollToComments=true] - Sync has announced it is shutting down [https://tedd.it/r/redditsync/comments/144jp3w/sync_will_shut_down_on_june_30_2023/] - ReddPlanet has announced it is shutting down [https://tedd.it/r/ReddPlanet/comments/144glbz/an_unfortunate_goodbye/] - Reddit creates an API exemption for noncommercial accessibility apps [https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-accessibility-apps-api-pricing-changes]

Reddit just feels dirty to me now, not in a good dirty way... Just dirty, I want nothing to do with it. I see no coming back from this even if the backlash leads to Reddit reversing the decisions. Kind of new the IPO would do something like this. Looking forward to seeing this place bloom.
We've all said for years that we've seen a slow decline but never knew when it was time to leave. Now all of a sudden here we have the giant sign saying "We've gone full corporate and don't care about the users anymore"
yeah this isn't such a huge thing on it's own (tough it is shitty), it's this combined with the years of other steady decline in a thousand small ways. Most people on reddit have agreed for some time now that the site has gone to shit, but there haven't really been viable alternatives or enough of a reason to pick up stakes and leave. Now there is, and hopefully enough people leave for good to Lemmy, Kbin, or others so that the change can stick