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It's an interesting idea. If it were going to work in just a few weeks, I think you'd need a replacement that is API-compatible with Reddit, so clients can just change their URI and have everything just work. I can't think of anything too difficult there.

The hard part would probably be the anti-spam and other anti-abuse stuff that lives entirely server side. Maybe all it is IS the API endpoint, at least to start, so only the mobile clients can access? Doesn't solve abuse but mitigates it.