Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
They asked the community first. Overwhelmingly was in support. Of course, if you don't use reddit, you probably didn't answer.



and @Ransu The strike isn't against monetization of the API, the APP creators are willing to pay. Reddit priced them out of competition, thats the issue. They made the costs so exorbitant that no one can pay. Someone did the math and Reddit just took their yearly revenue and divided it by number of total Monthly users. It comes to a cost of $0.12 per user, and they are charging $2.50 per user for the API calls.
They are asking the community again tomorrow and apparently will host polls weekly. If you care enough - go vote.

Or you can open up a new subreddit that isn't following the blackout I guess.

Elsewise Reddit is free to change it's policies to deal with the blackout if they want. Probably weighing those options now vs. potential backlash and loss of market value. *shrug*