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Will Reddit ever cave in?
I'm not convinced it'll completely back down but I suspect there is a chance they'll lower the pricing structure to a more 'reasonable' amount.
If I put my tinfoil hat on I'd say this was the plan from the start;
- Announce something ludicrous
- Get the users a bit fired up
- Backtrack to what you'd always planned
- Play it all off like "See, we listen to you guys, aren't we good?"