The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.
“and as things on the internet go, the passion for the protest has waned and people’s attention has shifted to other things”
Reddit pruned its userbase: informed and competent users don’t align with enshittification path.