From 00697c6ae4046168c61e581fb4a6b36f03727e7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spike <19519553+spikecodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:57:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add shut down announcement

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 > An alternative private front-end to Reddit
 
+# ⚠️ SHUT DOWN ⚠️
+## As of July 12th, 2023, Reddit's API changes, that were designed to kill third-party apps and content scrapers who don't pay [large fees](https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/31/23743993/reddit-apollo-client-api-cost), went into effect for projects like Libreddit. [Read the full announcement here.](https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit/issues/840)
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 ![screenshot](https://i.ibb.co/QYbqTQt/libreddit-rust.png)
 
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