No, it’s about the 3rd party apps that many of the more active users, most of the mods, and like virtually every visually impaired user use. Reddit is charging a price for their API (how the apps communicate with reddit servers) that is so high that 3rd party apps must shut down. So, this doesnt directly affect most of the hundreds of millions lurkers who use new reddit or the official app
However, if enough power users and mods quit using reddit because of this the quality of subreddit posts and comment sections will go down significantly, which could potentially cause lurkers to quit reddit if it’s bad enough
Explain like I’m a child though, is this about the Reddit app? Won’t people continue using that?
No, it’s about the 3rd party apps that many of the more active users, most of the mods, and like virtually every visually impaired user use. Reddit is charging a price for their API (how the apps communicate with reddit servers) that is so high that 3rd party apps must shut down. So, this doesnt directly affect most of the hundreds of millions lurkers who use new reddit or the official app
However, if enough power users and mods quit using reddit because of this the quality of subreddit posts and comment sections will go down significantly, which could potentially cause lurkers to quit reddit if it’s bad enough