With Reddit practically pulling the plug on API access for third party clients, many communities just don't have much of a choice but to adapt and migrate in order to stay connected with each other, as well as maintain access to their surrounding online social networks. The blind community being among those notably impacted:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771396/reddit-subreddit...

Checkout this r/blind moderator's comment, or the instance in general, for their reasons in hosting their own instance:

https://rblind.com/comment/37558