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Reddit Communities Stage Mass Blackout in Protest of Company's Policies.

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Source: USA TODAY
Reddit Communities Stage Mass Blackout in Protest of Company's Policies.
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Over 7,000 Reddit communities, including some of the largest subreddits, have gone dark to protest the company's new API changes, which will charge third-party apps to continue using its platform. The new policy would charge third-party apps $0.24 per 1,000 API calls, which forced third-party apps Apollo and Sync to shut down because of the high prices. Prior to the new policy change, third-party apps used Reddit's API for free.

Topics:businesstechnology#api#protest#reddit#subreddits#technology#third-party-apps
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  1. Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company's new API changes  USA TODAY
  2. Reddit crashed because of the growing subreddit blackout  The Verge
  3. Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policy  CNN
  4. Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Other Major Subreddits Go Dark  IGN
  5. 7178 subreddits and counting have gone dark today in protest of a 3rd-party app pricing calamity  PC Gamer

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