Thousands of Reddit communities have went dark in protest of the platform's new policies. At the end of May, the platform announced that it would be changing its API pricing structure - a change that was met with huge backlash from Reddit users.
Some communities, such as r/Music, with over 32 million members, said their subreddit will be indefinitely inaccessible until Reddit reverses its policy At the end of May, theThis change was met with backlash from the Reddit community, who argued that it would make it more difficult and expensive to create third-party apps.
The blackout is expected to last for 48 hours, but communities such as r/Music, with over 32 million members, said their subreddit would be indefinitely inaccessible until Reddit reverses its policy. At the end of May, the social media platform announced that it would be changing its API pricing structure
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