No one is protesting ads, and most redditors support the idea of a reasonable monetization approach for third party apps. But u/spez is pretty open about the fa

No one is protesting ads, and most redditors support the idea of a reasonable monetization approach for third party apps. But u/spez is pretty open about the fact that he views third party apps as competitors and/or leeches, and he's killing them off with a fee that no one can pay. The end goal is clearly to make the platform less open so that Reddit itself can control (monetize) all aspects.