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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by beaconstudios on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:58PM (#27668016)
And then somebody makes a substitute UI that calls the api, then reddit tries to take it down, then someone builds an open source version, then github gets a C&D letter and the creator makes blog post about it that reaches the front page of HN. I'm looking forward to the journey.
Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by scott_w on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:04PM (#27668091)
The first part happened: https://teddit.net ;-)
Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by mdaniel on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:55PM (#27668706)
> then someone builds an open source version

Damn, I went to dig up the URL for reddit's source and it seems it is no longer open :-(

https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit

Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by r721 on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:52PM (#27671566)
Saidit is an old reddit fork with small changes (the biggest one is no downvotes):

https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit