Hi /r/redditdev - developer of the "Alerts for Reddit" iOS/Android app here.

I would really appreciate clarification on the "limiting access to sexually explicit content for third-party apps starting on July 5, 2023, except for moderation needs". I also saw that "If usage is legal, non-commercial, and helps our mods, we won’t stand in your way", but there are many scripts for which that isn't relevant, including mine.

My app is technically "commercial", in that I charge premium users barely enough to keep my servers running. It also doesn't involve moderation. But I'm not a third-party Reddit client app either - I'm in a completely separate category than apps like "Apollo" or "Reddit is Fun". I'm in a category with apps like "Pager" and "Sub Explorer": apps which provide a conduit back to a user's main Reddit client app. My server regularly queries a variety of endpoints through Reddit's API in order to detect changes and send out mobile notifications; these notifications then bring the user back to the Reddit app of their choice (official app, third party app, or browser). As of right now, unsurprisingly, some of my users receive notifications for NSFW content.

So my core question is: for a non-moderator account like mine, what API endpoints will be accessible for NSFW content after July 5?

• Will a script tied to a non-moderator OAuth account be able to query the API for new/hot posts and comments from an NSFW subreddit, and see the details (created_utc/permalink/author/etc) of those posts?
• What about NSFW posts on a non-NSFW subreddit?
• What about posts from users whose accounts are marked as 'over 18'?
• If the OAuth account is a moderator of a single, private, empty subreddit, does that change anything because they're now technically a "mod"? If so, is that the recommendation for situations like mine?

Admins, thanks in advance for any clarification you can provide. This will be helpful to me and to other bots that run via non-moderator accounts, as we prepare for the API changes.

(As a side note, I sent a more detailed set of questions via the Reddit Help (API support) form, but I haven't heard back from Reddit yet after four days - hopeful that /r/redditdev will be a faster path to answers so I can start preparing my code and my users for these changes.)