The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.
Exactly. Reddit is going to collapse, sooner or later.
What makes Reddit great is the user generated content. But if you alienate your most creative group of users, you’ll get worse and worse content.