Partly true. They have been awful at communicating with the devs and with Reddit at large. The "dishonest" claim is debatable.
> Reddit is dropping Twitter-like pricing out of the blue.
False. That was a piece of dishonesty spread by the Apollo developer. Twitter's price is 3.5x Reddit's price, which is 3.6x Imgur's price. Reddit is midway between the two.
> These prices seem to have the goal of killing 3rd party apps instead of merely being ‘realistic’ or ‘fair’, like Reddit is claiming
False. Relay for Reedit just announced plans to continue their app by offering a $3 paid version. This moderate price wouldn't be possible if Reddit's price was aimed at killing off the apps.
> Reddit is dragging well respected devs through the mud and trying to make them look like the bad guys
Maybe the devs ARE the bad guys. I've not been impressed by them.