I think it would be amusing if Reddit did implode over this. It'd be entirely self-inflicted... The site is only usable with third party apps.
@Gargron What third-party apps are being disabled at Reddit?
@SharonGibson3 @Gargron Not disabled but charged out of existence. And so far the ones which have confirmed they have to shut down due to not being able to afford the new API price includes Apollo, Redditisfun, Reddplanet and Sync as far as I know. I don't see an announcement from the app Boost but the dev says his situation is the same as Apollo. Baconreader hasn't announced anything, and Relay & Infinity are attempting to go subscription only.

@Stephen304 @SharonGibson3 @Gargron
@christianselig

This was about the developer of the Apollo app on apple for reddit.

He did a fast calculation and concluded reddit would require him to pay 20 million per year at the quoted pricing.

To add insult to injury the new pricing would be activated in 30 days. When he mailed questions about the issue, they answered him after a full week or a quarter of the 30 days.

Then they held an AMA, which did not really answer questions.

@Stephen304 @SharonGibson3 @Gargron I've used BaconReader for quite a while now and it does show ads; that might influence Reddit's decision to let it continue.