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Looks like Apollo is now dead boys and girls. Feels like having a loved one die

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I haven’t processed what it means yet. I’m still at the first stage of grief.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was shot down mid-scroll. Brutal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Holy crap... That is brutal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was in the middle of switching over to Lemmy. Honestly I'm really enjoying it so far.

I tried to use the official reddit app and it was horrible. So I'm trying out Lemmy. The look and feel on Lemmy mobile app (Jerboa) is so similar to Reddit is Fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m using wefwef.app and so far it’s like 90% of the way to an Apollo clone. Now we just need more users, communities, and content.

Tell all your friends! Wait, we’re all redditors. Shit…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Want to know what’s worse? According to The Verge, /u/iamthatis told them it was Reddit who pulled the plug earlier than planned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://giphy.com/gifs/filmeditor-mean-girls-movie-xT9KVea2o7aPXtqHwQ

(Lemmy gif test, take #1)

ETA so far wefwef.app feels like a great Apollo clone. No push notifications on iOS (yet?) but I added it to my Home Screen and it’s great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’m sad now :( I’ll be even sadder tommorow once it sinks in

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same dude. It didn't have got to me how to live without RIF, so I'm still treating it like a momentary shutdown

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same dude. It didn't have got to me how to live without RIF, so I'm still treating it like a momentary shutdown

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

When this saga began, I didn't think I'd be struggling with such a sense of disconnect with the loss of an app of all things. However, I do feel that Christian's eulogy for Apollo helped, a gentle reminder to "smile because it happened". Here's to moving on.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF is as well. Sad times and stuff but I'm happy to be here instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

GOAT app. Don't have the heart to remove it from my phone

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So at the moment my “workflow” is to completely stop accessing Reddit via mobile apps. I’ll still use Reddit via Google Searches because it remains important for finding key information.

I’m content playing with Lemmy as my main mobile “app”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is Teddit and Libreddit going to keep working through this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Old.reddit would not show comments anymore. It will direct you to reddit.

So I believe they might stop working at any moment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just used it for the last time I think. But I think we are into only minutes left...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

10 years on it for me. Hope there's a Lemmy app or theme etc to replicate the feeling

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah… instant crashing. It’s a weird feeling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The end of an era

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.

<Bone Thugs N’ Harmony singing Crossroads intensifies>

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Baconreader is also gone. RSVP 🥓

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF just started returning error 429 as well. I sadly uninstalled it and then launched Jerboa instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've had a ton of issues with Jerboa, but thus far Connect for Lemmy is working well!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Now I'm like.. what to do? Should I just let go completely?

What then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Rest In Peace, Apollo. You were my favorite social media app. You may rest now. 😔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

RIP Apollo 💔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

pours one out 😢

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just replaced my launcher icon for RIF with Liftoff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

End of an era. Apollo joins Alien Blue in app heaven. RIP.

My 12 year old account has joined them there. It looks like my time on Reddit is over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There goes my wallpapers! Jokes aside, it's been a fun time browsing Reddit on Apollo. Easily one of the most enjoyable, well-built app on iOS. So long my little astronaut.

[–] bdonvr 1 points 1 year ago

I know it's a joke but after midnight EST the app will go into a commemorative mode that will let you download wallpapers, change the icon, and transfer your pixel pal

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For what it’s worth, wefwef (wefwef.app) feels a little like Apollo and has made me moving over here a bit easier…

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s still in beta but mlem seems to be basically copying Apollo. It’s a marine app instead of a web app. Missing some important features at the moment but worth keeping an eye on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I meant native app not marine app lol we’re still missing editing with it’s unfortunate since apple’s keyboard hates me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wefwef has been impressing me for a web app, although the bar isn’t that high. The web app makes it accessible without Testflight and quicker to push live, making adoption quicker.

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