Reddit, the website known as the "front page of the internet," is making front-page news today, as many communities there have gone private or restricted to protest recent changes that would charge third-party apps to access the site's content — a move developers say would put their applications out of business.
Reddit, the "front page of the internet," is making front-page news today, as many of the site's moderators have made their communities private or restricted to protest recent changes to the platform. The changes, slated to begin on July 1, will charge external applications for accessing Reddit's content — a service that has been free of charge until now.
Several Canadian subreddits have also joined the protest, including r/Canada, r/OnGuardForThee and many province- and city-focused spaces.