Aren't all protests essentially extortion? We will sit here until you give into demands. We won't work until you give into our demands. We will crowd the streets until you give into our demands.

All that matters is who the community supports.

> We will crowd the streets until you give into our demands.

its more like blocking highways indefinitely.

Blocking an abstract highway where it takes 2 seconds to build a new one right by it at zero cost.

Reddit's original deal was hands off community as a service. I guess the mods are putting that to the test?

no, lots of info locked in specific subreddit, you can't recover it at zero cost.

Maybe reddit will provide such function.

And? Reddit can reverse course and have the highway back at any moment.

>It's saying "if I can't enjoy this subreddit the way I want to, no one can."

Who has said that users shouldn't be allowed to use the new app? I haven't seen even a single instance of that. The problem is that Reddit - the centralized entity with power - is forcing that to be the only option.

Reddit could be reasonable and continue to permit both. Until they decide to be reasonable the protests will continue. If Reddit gets butthurt and wants to call organized collective action "extortion" they can, but their childish whining isn't impressing anyone who has two brain cells to rub together.