"he who must not be named" lol
Fuck you /u/spez, you fragile fucking snowflake
"he who must not be named" lol
Fuck you /u/spez, you fragile fucking snowflake
Yeah PDS is a good start but has some issues, if you're comfortable with the API you'll probably do better there.
I used Power Delete Suite to back up and delete my content. Note that there seems to be a bug in the archive export process though. I had to follow the advice on this issue to pull my full CSV backup.
The valuation drop by Fidelity took place over time, mostly last year, so it's unrelated to the API changes. That said, I agree the admins have chosen very poorly. With the amount of money on the table, buying out 3rd party apps would have been a steal compared to the massive hit to goodwill among their users and mods they're taking now.
But it comes in bigger cans, so you can spray longer. A reasonable tradeoff under some conditions.