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What will you do if reddit undoes API changes? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable.

While I know the chances of this are extreeeemely slim, until 1st July there is an ever so slight chance this could still happen.

From my perspective, the community harm is done, and those who have left prior to July 1 have left due to principles, not because their app stopped working. As such, I'd be inclined to think most of those migrators would stay here in the fediverse.

But would we see a mass exodus back to reddit if the changes were undone? It's easy to say no, but if it went back to operations as relatively normal, it may be easy to justify going back for some users.

I'd like to think I wouldn't go back. I've deleted content and account from reddit. I'll be happy here so long as there is enough userbase for some discussion.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I honestly would go back to reddit for the nitch communities that will have a hard time re building e.g titanfall, beans in things, ect. But this will definitely be my new home and I would try and push for those communities to migrate here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’ll live here, but I might poke into Reddit for the more obscure communities that can’t really survive a migration. Reddit knows what it wants and even if it fails this time, they’ll get sly with it and push more and more until they’re satisfied.

The biggest news is going to make it over here at this point anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The same thing I did when Wotc tried to invalidate the ogl, walk away from any future support of their products and find better options, which is why I'm here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'll probably go back from time to time to:

Demonstrate that them reversing course wasn't for naught
Steal content to post here to help foster communities/magazines until the next idiotic decision that drives users away

Ultimately, this is my new home. But I'm not against swiping content to furnish it with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Once bitten*, twice shy.

*Ok, many times bitten, but that doesn't roll off the tonge as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

the damage is done, why support a company that treats their userbase so disrespectfully?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm just done with reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Continue to use kbin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I've been ~~back~~ banned from r/soccer, there's nothing left for me there lmao

How I wish c/soccer picked up some steam, but alas doesn't look like enough people jumped in

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'd go politely ask the Sync dev to populate the app's content feed with both Lemmy and Reddit API-driven content.

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