From the article:

In response to Huffman’s comments, moderators are trying to find ways to make blackouts effective. Alternatively, some communities are also setting up servers on alternative sites like Lemmy and Kbin.

  • I mean, that is a thing apps could have done to resolve the situation, the fact they chose not to take that route wasn’t Reddit’s decision. (Not that I blame devs for not wanting to play ball after seeing how Reddit’s team slandered the Apollo dev, that was inexcusable and likely burned a lot of bridges. I wouldn’t want to negotiate with them either.)