A lot of mods are community founders. They care about their community, not reddit. Reddits just a middleman getting in the way.
Imagine a group of friends. Reddit is the friend with the best house for parties, but is kind of a dick. The mods are the social ones that brought this friend group together in the first place. Reddit is being stupid and making dumb rules that mostly hurt the mod. The mod is trying to either get reddit to relax the rules OR convince the rest of the friends to leave. Truthfully the friends should leave, but reddit’s house is so nice and they’re comfortable. The mod could leave, but they’re afraid all that will result in is losing their entire friend group. The whole situation sucks all around.
Reddit is there to make money. Reddit is funding these communities. Mods are being silly about the third party apps. Reddit empowered the mods too much to their own fault and mods there think they are gods. That’s why I am here. I understand reddit, but I can’t stand some of the mods and their methods. I for one am so glad they are NOT here!