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.
Because when the rubber hit the road, none of the mods were willing to blow up their subreddits.
They should have made an organized move to other platforms like this one. It would have given them leverage against Reddit