The RedReader app has been given accessibility status by the graciousness of reddit and will not have to shut down. The dev is not particularly happy about how fellow devs were treated though and still plans on adding lemmy in future. Read the announcement here

  • XLRV@lemmy.ml
    16·
    2 years ago

    So the non-commercial thing means that the dev can’t show ads and add donations to his app? That’s really scummy, they would have to work on the app without any contribution, maybe people could support him elsewhere but idk.

    • EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org
      7·
      2 years ago

      From what I understand, even paid use of the API prohibits 3rd party ads under the new terms. So that $20M/year they wanted to charge Apollo? Yeah it also meant /u/iamthatis couldn’t serve ads on top of that.

      • XLRV@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, it will become unsustainable for the 3rd party devs, that’s why many of those apps will shutdown, Reddit will got what they want in the end, no more 3rd party apps, or really gimped ones.