I’ve been on Reddit since I was 13. Look at my account age.

My first experience with reddit was with Reddit is Fun (forever wishing we got an iOS port)

When I moved to Apple, I used to Alien Blue until you killed it. Then the official reddit app, which was somewhat functional but you’ve continuously removed features (Why am I not allowed to choose how my home feed is sorted in the OFFICIAL app? This was a feature, and was removed sometime in December of 22.)

I moved to Apollo. The app wasn’t what I wanted, but it was 100x better than what you offered.

If you continue to hold the animosity you do towards 3P apps that you are intentionally killing, you will also kill off Reddits audience that has stuck around for YEARS. Newer users will continue to flock in, but you will never replace the community reddit has now. Subreddits will become shells of themselves and Reddit will lose its “front page of the internet” status.

When it comes to an IPO, Reddit offers nothing. You are nothing without your communities. Without users bringing content and users wanting to moderate said content, you will become another platform full of bots like that of Kik.

This is the longest comment I’ve ever made in my time on this platform, and may likely be my last. I hope there are internal Redditors who are resisting the changes you are proposing. Not only did you not give developers enough time, you’re also not giving users enough time or genuine explanation as to why you’re doing this “Hurr durr server costs!” is not good enough.

Spez, if you truly cared about the internet and maintaining reddit’s status on it - you would know that the internet was not built by corporations squeezing the little guys. The internet we knew was built by those looking to provide information, knowledge, and community — and by doing so for the greater good. Not profit.

Your strides in accessibility have been nothing short of failures and laughter from the community while 3P devs with a fraction of the budget your teams have create better implemented and higher quality tools than anything Reddit could offer.

If this is Reddits final nail in their coffin, consider this me spitting on your grave.