Accessibility apps will be free for API use on Reddit

As i continue to play catchup, there is an updated article from the verge talking about accessibility apps not needing to pay the huge fees that are now going to go in to effect in the not too distant future.

A sumary for the blind sub reddit was mentioned within the article I’m about to link, but don’t stop there.

While I’m not a member of Reddit, the JRN thinks that this is going to be a bad thing and we’ve seen it already with Twitter’s demise of the API. We can’t access twitter through apps like Tweesecake and TW Blue among others anymore.

Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from its unpopular API pricing changes/ is the article.

I don’t know if I want to believe it, or whether I think they’re saying this now and will backtrack.

If you’re on Reddit, make sure they know how upset you are and that they need to play fair. Accessibility is a right, not a luxury.

More to read:

Reddit communities to go dark on June 12th, setting themselves to private from the blog
Reddit to charge $12k for API access from the blog
Reddit, Snapchat and others to charge for API access from the blog

Make it known to your provider that this community will not stand for basic rights. API access is for programming great things like accessibility apps, not as a luxury for the rich that can afford it and that shut us completely out.

I call Bull on the above article that they’ll not charge accessibility apps, and you should stand on your ground to make sure they hold their end of the bargain up.

Good luck! I stand with you on your fight.