[The Verge] Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods

Reddit communities went dark to protest recent changes.

Here's the list of highlights from the article, as it's a good TL;DR:

The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout
Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working

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As someone who lives in the SF bay area I pray one day I see Steve Huffman in person so I can personally tell him to go f**k himself (yes I know, I know, r/iamverybadass) ;-)

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