The RedReader app has been given accessibility status by the graciousness of reddit and will not have to shut down. The dev is not particularly happy about how fellow devs were treated though and still plans on adding lemmy in future. Read the announcement here
It’s reminiscent of bad-old-days military stories I’ve heard from older relatives, where guys who really pissed off the officers would be forced to eat a lavish dinner in front of everyone else in their unit while they all performed a humiliating chore.