More than 5,000 subreddits have continued staying dark in protest of incoming changes to Reddit’s API pricing policies—despite dwindling participation and concern from users that the protest will not be effective.

Reddit erhebt extrem hohe Kosten für seinen API-Zugang und vergrault damit vor allem Drittanbieter-Apps.

Illustration: The VergeOver 8,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s upcoming API changes, and it’s shown me just how much I rely on Reddit to find useful, human-sounding information in my Google search results.

Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeModerators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThis is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer.

Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have “gone dark” — temporarily closing their virtual doors — for what’s planned as a two-day protest over the company’s move to charge third-party apps for API access to the site.

Reddit hat seinen Umgang mit Third-Party-Apps angepasst, welche auf die API des sozialen Netzwerks zugreifen wollen. Das schmeckt vor allem Power-Usern nicht.

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