Yep, and that's why as the parent comment mentioned the threat is from what it does to content creators and mods - the passive lurkers and consumers don't care

Yep, and that's why as the parent comment mentioned the threat is from what it does to content creators and mods - the passive lurkers and consumers don't care about the API but they do care about the content they show up to reddit for and if that tanks they'll have no reason to stay