They are not the same animals.

I'll let you read wikipedia for the differences because I'll have a hard time explaining that in english.

This is not solely about "mod wars" as you say. It's about being unable to use third party apps which are way better than the official Reddit app.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. 3rd party apps is the primary way I consume reddit. I'll probably stop consuming them after the shutoff date (or lightly consume their data since It'll only happen when I'm at a desktop).

I'm not going to install reddit's official app.