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Framing this as a battle between the mods and reddit admins isn't correct. Many of the subs I subscribe to have asked for user engagement on whether or not to join the blackout and they're following what their participants requested.

After all, the most vocal are by the users of the 3P apps and they vastly outnumber the mods.

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You just repeated my point.

It's a battle between Reddit and rich app developers. It had almost nothing to do with the mod tools comparatively.

The 3rd party apps aren't banned, they're just going from near infinity margins to still-very-good margins. But when you've spent years making millions for little to no cost, it's much easier to throw in the towel and then paint the guys who you built your moat on as the villains.

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