The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

  • omnius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Reddit didn’t win over me. I edited all my comments to “fuck u/spez”, got suspended from a couple subreddits, and then never logged back in to my account. Been using Lemmy ever since.