what does “win” even mean in this context? i think there’s about a 0% chance that reddit reverses course on API access. reddit is obviously not going to cease

what does “win” even mean in this context? i think there’s about a 0% chance that reddit reverses course on API access. reddit is obviously not going to cease to exist. the only question is how much, if at all, the blackout and departing users costs them. if very popular subreddits stay private, reddit either has to accept that or depose the existing mods and open the subreddits again. obviously, this has the potential to reaaaallllllly piss off folks. it’s a loss for all parties imo. but whatever, most subreddits are a cesspit of low-effort repetitive content where actual conversation is promptly downvoted. i don’t know what the answer is but i’d happily give up reddit in favor of a few high-quality narrower communities.