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They are making the API cost money which will make mod tools harder to use and essentially break but, apparently they have made exceptions for that
This isn’t accurate, the costs are 20 times what they should be. It makes the tools not exist, it doesn’t break them or make them harder to use. They said they made exceptions for some bots and things but they’ve constantly outright lied and continue to not meet promises on improvements to their app. People have been asking for things third party apps provide on the official reddit app for years and they never come through. I don’t know what specific tools are going to go away but reddit has made it clear they only care about making money now off all the content we have provided. They want to make the most money possible with all the newer users who don’t care about ads, tracking or the user experience. Every cent that goes to a third party app dev is money that should be going to reddit.
You just said the same thing I did while going significantly more in depth on the subject. My comment is the eli5 answer. It makes them harder to use by making the. Significantly more expensive. And it breaks them because devs can't pay for it. Thanks for going more in depth tho
The context is important.
What tools are they excepting?
I don't think any mod tools, but they've excepted some accessibility app.
What are the tools though and what do they do?