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I thought we all quit when they disabled API access and ruined Apollo. People are still using Reddit?

tens of millions a day, I sometimes wonder why people take on these false "people are still using __________?" when they know that people are still using twitter and reddit and facebook. Do you have any explanation as to why one would act pseudo-shocked? Is there a point?

(Not OP) I legitimately thought reddit the site had died and gone full ghost town. My use of reddit has almost always been as a knowledge resource, and that had been totally destroyed with these API changes.

Like, very often I have a technical question, search it+reddit and find a seemingly helpful thread with most of the comments deleted. It's logical to assume that most people who also engaged with reddit like this have slowed their use considerably.

Hell, lately I'm more likely to slap "hacker news" onto my search query

reddit is more popular than ever to be honest. Sure they lost some people over the "no more free clients" massacre, but it was a miniscule amount.

Apollo can still be used with sideloading a patch that allows you to enter new API key. As a single user it is hard to get to the limit.

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