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View submission: [Announcement] Reddit's upcoming API changes and impact on toolbox.
As you say, toolbox isn't directly impacted, but that doesn't stop me from being fearful of the path things are on. I don't use it, but my understanding is that Apollo was the toolbox equivalent for mobile centric mods, with a robust suite of mod tools.
If reddit had done this at the same time they announced mod tool parity with Apollo that would be one thing. But as you more than anyone are no doubt mindful of, reddit does so little to build their mod tools to that point and have continued to let that be off sourced to folks like you...
So when they pull the rug on one prong of that without having prepared anything to fill that void, it gives me no faith that if, God forbid, future changes DO directly impact toolbox functionality, they will have their native built tools be anything close to comparable.
So just because certain third party features aren't impacted now doesn't mean this isn't a picture of the direction things are going.
Comment by creesch at 05/06/2023 at 18:13 UTC
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God forbid, future changes DO directly impact toolbox functionality, they will have their native built tools be anything close to comparable.
Well, we are already at that point considering new functionality. But it is also besides the point, you know what a struggle it is for example to find people willing to mod in /r/history and I am willing to bet that for /r/AskHistorians the trend for both finding new mods and flaired users also hasn't been favorable.
I am saying nothing new, but while reddits communication is full with words like "community" it is very clear they have shifted over the past years to a low effort high consumption model of media where communities are not the goal but simply a marketing means.
I am not even sure where I am going with this other than what I already said in the /r/modnews announcement. I am tired, tired with reddit and what it has become.