This feels like exaggeration. Unless there's something I missed?
"My thoughts: I think if done well and done reasonably, this could be a positive change (but that's a big if). If Reddit provides a means for third party apps to have a stable, consistent, and future-looking relationship with Reddit that certainly has its advantages, and does not sound unreasonable, provided the pricing is reasonable." https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_fe...
> you had conversations with their management and they want you to succeed, now we have a problem.
If this did happen, but later management double-crossed me, would you then rip on me?
For your question, though: I don't think it's "your fault" that anything bad happens to you. It's obvious that the problem lies with the company you're working with–it's just that this kind of bad behavior is unlikely to change, so you unfortunately need to take it into account when dealing with them. If you had asked me earlier I probably would have said something like "be wary: the management of today might not be the management of tomorrow, or they may shift priorities, or they might just straight up being lying to you". If all goes well, that's awesome, but I still think it's important to consider these things.
By way of example, one of the apps I work on has effectively gotten approval from senior management–essentially, what it does is "legitimate" and "within the rules". What this means we have reduced our investments in thinking about scenarios where it gets removed from sale, but continue to maintain our ability to deploy elsewhere even if it is little-used right now.