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Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Apollo founder Christian Selig said he's "heartbroken" about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit's API pricing changes.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (7 children)

I’m a part of that group. I see 24 people wish I’d kick rocks haha, I get it.

Look, I’m sure most of the refugees agree with me. If we don’t fit in we’ll leave.

So far I’m digging Lemmy. I wish it was more active, but if it’s gonna grow it will.

It broke my heart to leave Reddit after 15-16 years, but it’s not that same place any more any way.

So, hello fellow Apollo refugees.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Not being able to browse on mobile killed it for me. Most of my browsing was on mobile via Apollo. I refuse to get the official app after this stunt so now I’m just not using Reddit.

    Luckily wefwef is making the transition easy and familiar.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I never used Apollo but I'm really liking wefwef.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Man, the astroturfing for wefwef around here is insane. I keep seeing it get brought up even in completely unrelated threads!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Apollo had a huge loyal customer base.

    Wefwef provides an almost perfectly cloned UI and is a mere WebApp.

    For this reason a lot of users are so impressed with it that they are evangelising it.

    The big problem with it that it requires users to submit their login credentials, which is a bit of a security issue.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I used reddit is fun but it's the same story. Literally 15 years using that website daily.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same deal, we both got fucked by Reddit.

    What sucks is I’m sure you’d have paid to stay on RIF and I know I would have paid to stay on Apollo.

    What a bummer that dickshit spez couldn’t see past his own nose.

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