I think this is the direction they should all take. Open but "quiet quit" and either do like /r/scams is doing with requiring approval but working on their own timetable, or let the subs devolve into unmoderated bot-a-thon mess.
Not quiet quit. Mod using the official app. The subs will descend into chaos and the mods will have a clean slate since they did their jobs, using the official app.