If you've not been living under a rock, you'll have heard the recent hubbub around Reddit. Long story short, the Reddit community isn't exactly pleased with the company's decision to start charging third parties for using its API ahead of an upcoming IPO.
By Reddit charging for its API, many moderators and users of the site feel that the company is essentially doing its community dirty, as the decision could very well put third party apps out of business. Thanks to its API, Reddit's users can access the site using various third party apps in addition to the official Reddit app, and many prefer doing so. Those apps may be forced to cease operations thanks to the prohibitively high fees.
