More than 6000 communities on REDDIT have
gone dark and they're restricting access in
a protest to changes that the company is making to its developer billing structure.
The blackout happening now started this morning and comes after
the company which has been reportedly seeking an IPO since 2021
told developers that it would start charging thousands of
dollars for access to an application programming interface or a
the post announcing the blackout uses
also encourages users to write complaints with a list of
demands that puts A P issues as top priority.
They also want third party apps to be
able to run advertising for the developers benefit.