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Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down (www.businessinsider.com)

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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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve always preferred mobile sites to apps. Not sure why. Maybe I just like to use Safari to manage all that I’m checking out.

But I stand with developers. Even Balmer knew developers are a major key to success. I’m not interested in using a site with such hostile ownership.

Fuck spez.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I do too! I just generally don't want to keep track of and manage permission and data access for a number of different apps that might change when the ownership changes. I see apps as a way for the owner to take control of more of your mobile environment than is actually warranted, whereas connecting to all services through my browser lets me stay in control of what information they have access to -- to some extent.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I started to think more about it, and I think the main reason is being able to use an ad blocker in Safari, and not within apps. Sure, I could use a DNS profile, but I don't feel like installing one (I don't like installing stuff, I'm seeing a pattern...)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The official app sucks and so does the mobile site.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was on Sync for Reddit on andrioid. Today I officially deleted my reddit account. The reason given "u/spez"...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Deleted my account and deleted some of the content I had on there. I didn’t have a big account anyway and mainly lurked.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit? Now here's a blast from the past! Is that thing still around? I've not been there since Sync died.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The writing is on the wall. I don't want to boiled slowly like a frog. Merely tolerating the disrespect from the CEO of Reddit is not a long term solution. I bet old.reddit.com is next on the chopping block for sure. For me I just bit the bullet and decided to move away now than eventual future.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I deleted my Reddit account right after I noticed Apollo stopped working. Mastodon and Kbin are filling the void nicely and I find I don't miss Reddit at all.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Try wefwef.app my fellow ex-Apollo users

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, using it right now. I honestly don’t even miss the other site anymore, though Apollo (and AlienBlue) will always have a place in my heart.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I bought the wallpapers to support Christian and had a really emotional evening.

When the blackout started I joined Lemmy and started to stop using Reddit to show my support by not producing any traffic.

On the last day I opened up apollo again and it was so terrifying, knowing the way I used Reddit for years will be gone. I used PDS but will wait with the deletion of my accounts to be safe that Reddit doesn’t restore my comments.

I still keep my fingers crossed that Christian will make an Apollo App for Lemmy, but I can totally understand the he got other things to do.

Just remember, he got called out from Spez and one of his income sources just disappeared because a business partner just wanted to fuck him up. I hope his friends and family will be there for him.

BTW: Made a little fan icon. Just for the dreams.

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