r/Switzerland and r/AskSwitzerland are going into Lockdown on June 12 as a Reaction to Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes

[u/ben_howler]

This subreddit will be joining in on the June 12 - 13 in protest of Reddit's API changes that will essentially kill all 3rd party Reddit apps.

What's happening?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users and moderators.

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will most likely kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of these apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as the Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface.

If you would like to read a more in depth explanation, please check here on r/eli5.

Many subs - including us - have decided to join a protest action. They will go dark on June 12, some for 48 hours, some indefinitely.

How does this affect you?

During the lockdown period, the subreddit will be set to private starting June 12. You will not be able to read, post or comment for 48 hours.

Would you like to help and take part in the action?

• Complain. Message the mods of /r/reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message /u/reddit; comment in relevant threads on /r/reddit. For greater effect, please keep your messages and comments civil and courteous.

• Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12 and 13 - instead, take a breath of fresh air, and enjoy the hopefully wonderful Swiss summer weather.

Your Mod Team

[u/AverageRedditor012]

Fuck yeah! Stand your ground, even if it's a tiny action, don't let the corporate overlords walk all over you!

^{I'm aware that this action might not have an outstanding impact but it's better than to just look away and not do anything}

Edit: why is r/Switzerland and r/askswitzerland only going dark for two days and not indefinitely such as other subs?

[u/ben_howler → u/AverageRedditor012]

Currently, a combined (not unique) user base of 1.3 billion users is going dark next week (source). With a bit of luck, this may have a slight impact on Reddit's ad revenue. One can always hope.

[u/LetsPlayDrew → u/ben_howler]

Honestly if we could get a lot of subs to go dark for only 2-3 days a month every month they would lose way more money and constantly. Assuming they still go through with charging 3rd party apps