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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Lofteed on 2023-07-06 18:46:37+00:00.

Original Title: For the first time ever, Reddit showed me a notification that says "Recommended: name of a sub". this is the very thing that brought me out of all other socials and into reddit. the fact that they are starting to beg and manipulate me for attention is a dark sign for me.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Scully__ on 2023-07-06 17:56:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/avi_chandra_77 on 2023-07-06 17:41:56+00:00.

Bro what? 😳

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Gurutet on 2023-07-06 17:01:48+00:00.

Why is it so hard to make a Reddit Alternative? In the end it’s just categories (subreddits), with products (posts) and login structure. Why has no geek made an alternative to it?

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Spyder638 on 2023-07-06 16:58:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Bedcool128 on 2023-07-06 15:27:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/aldoblack on 2023-07-06 14:57:57+00:00.

The best option that Apollo had (beside other stuff) was "share as image" module. I'd like to ask u/iamthatis , what is the logic behind generating the image? I have followed your blog, but I do not find anything related to this. I used this feature at least 4-5 times a day to send memes and comments attached with the post to my friends.

Thank you!

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/gnuoyedonig on 2023-07-06 14:49:07+00:00.

On Reddit Mobile, there’s a big button labeled “Home”, and when you tap it, it might show you the the “Home” feed. But the big button is also how you access “Popular”, “Watch”, “News” and “Latest”, so if you were viewing any of those previously, you might be confused for a bit when something unexpected shows up when you tap “Home”.

A little more… the Reddit Mobile widget does not seem to have an option to pull from the “Home” feed. But there’s a place you can type in free text, and if you do this and don’t pay attention - you are adding r/Home, which is a subreddit about homes, and not the actual Home feed at all.

(How is Home not a selection you can make for the widget? It should be the default!)

Adding to this confusion is… a lot of people adding posts to r/Home think it’s a meta subreddit about Reddit, so it’s not just about homes enough that I kept it this way for a few days before realizing.

I don’t remember having things like this happen in Apollo at all. It was always clear and didn’t confuse a button label with a place you can make four other selections but also select the choice that was on the button label.

I know it’s a small thing, but Apollo got most of them right, Reddit Mobile gets most of them wrong. Christian is a one-person interface team where I imagine Reddit has multiple interface designers, probably getting overruled constantly by management.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Yeahdogreturns on 2023-07-06 14:31:39+00:00.

My son's final wish before he passes is to see Disneyland but what if /u/spez heard and decided to bring back Apollo as his final wish!

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/TechnologicalFreedom on 2023-07-06 14:19:26+00:00.

Honestly, Apollo was an app that kept me using this platform longer than I probably would've otherwise. You got all the benefits of the platform but actually had control over what you saw and how you interacted with the platform. I could block toxic key words and communities to prevent my eyes from being contaminated by a network that would otherwise be terrible for my mental health.

You could shut out trolls and noise simply by filtering out all the things you don't want to touch your eyeballs and you could choose to view only the communities that you wanted to, none of this "Suggested for you" nonsense.

Reddit isn't bad as a server of people and content; actually, it's great at what it does. What it's bad at is the way it's managed and overseen. What made reddit feel worse to use in my opinion was browsing it it's "Intended way" in its "Official capacity" so to speak. What the API Did was allow you to interact with reddit in a way that works for you, not against you. That's a big part of API usage on the internet I think, and it's why companies want to get rid of public API's. Back when they were niche and only used by people that knew how to program and make use of them, companies didn't mind because they probably helped the company make more money by being more accessible to professionals.

For a site like youtube, that may have been allowing content creators to better interact with uploading and managing their own videos on the platform; encouraging them to make more content and thus youtube more money. For reddit, it was moderation software; encouraging more active moderation to communities on the service; ultimately causing users to stay on the site longer and generate more ad revenue as a result.

But then API's got too big, they began being used to create applications and use-cases for the everyday consumer, apps that allowed people the harness these API's in a different way; they weren't just tools to make the official client/web client experience better, they were full-on brand new clients for the platform that allowed users to get around viewing these platforms in their official capacity's; which allowed people to avoid addictive algorithms and more importantly to these companies, advertising.

And then, in 2023 we hear all this news about models being trained on all the content created on these platforms. Companies even before this were racing to make changes to their API's, but it's starting to become clear to big tech companies that open-gate API's are no longer as profitable as a closed API that forces a single one-point of control consuming experience. And thus, it feels as if we're entering an era where it's increasingly becoming more difficult to interact with platforms in a way that truly suits the user.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Jampuppy5 on 2023-07-06 13:56:45+00:00.

I've seen many posts with people having issues with Apollo + Artemis/ApolloAPI, I've tried them both, but Artemis has imgur support which for me is better; I was able to build and .ipa and I have been using it without any issues.

Here's what I did:

1. Download Apollo 1.15.11 .ipa. (Can't provide links, search somewhere)
2. Download Artemis 1.2 .deb. (Can't provide links, search somewhere)
3. Install/Open Sideloadly, and use these options: Imgur: The magic of the Internet (Make sure you use your own path to inject the .deb)
4. EDIT: If you are having issues, try without clicking "Sideload Spoofer", for some it's working without it.
5. Press start to build IPA, make sure you have deleted any other installation of Apollo, then sideload.
6. Make sure to have your API key to enter upon first launch.
7. Everything should be working normally :)

Let me know if you run into any issues!

Thanks to \u\iCrazeiOS for Artemis!

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/TheManInTheShack on 2023-07-06 13:41:40+00:00.

Like the rest of you, it sucks compared to Apollo. I don’t mind the ads. I would happily pay extra to not have to see them. I don’t mind the content it displays from subreddits of which it thinks I might be interested as its algorithm actually seems to be pretty good.

I just wish the change they had instead made was including all of this in the API feed so that apps like Apollo would be true peers in terms of content to the website and official app. I recognize that Reddit has to make money and that making money was the motivator behind the ill-conceived API change they made.

They could also rate limit the app API so they could charge companies like OpenAI more money.

All of this would be acceptable if it meant I could continue to use Apollo instead of the disaster that is the official app.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/OpinionatedShadow on 2023-07-06 13:20:04+00:00.

I just downloaded the app on Android, it still works fine?

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/sixteenozlatte on 2023-07-06 12:55:44+00:00.

Logging in to let everyone here know “Memmy for Lemmy” has just been released on the App Store as of today. The dev is very responsive and taking note of bug reports and suggestions.

The UI is akin to Apollo, and honestly, my experience on Lemmy so far reminds me of the older Reddit days! The app also makes signup a tad more intuitive.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/j0oboi on 2023-07-06 12:16:47+00:00.

Had some things saved to Reddit I wanted to save to my phone so I had to download the shitty official app, and already I’m getting bot scam chat messages. This app sucks, and I had to delete Apollo because I keep trying to open it.

Fuck Reddit.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/diegocamp on 2023-07-06 11:59:24+00:00.

Trying to cope with the official Reddit app is a nightmare. Apollo was such an amazingly well crafted app, so easy to use with hundreds of customizable options. I try not to use the official app and just the desktop PC because you know fuck u/spez. I hate the official app with all my soul. Damn it! Why this had to happen?

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Great-Application-28 on 2023-07-06 11:49:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/sir_duckingtale on 2023-07-06 06:07:07+00:00.

I would love to tip you 11 Dollars

Euros

…

For Apollo 11

Could you make it so?

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/jaya9581 on 2023-07-06 05:46:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Captain-Crayg on 2023-07-06 05:43:57+00:00.

If we pay for our own API keys I don’t see why Apollo can’t still exist. And even make money as well. I’m sure some features would need to be changed or dropped. But the refactor can’t be too crazy can it?

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/Angelo0523 on 2023-07-06 05:28:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/sir_duckingtale on 2023-07-06 03:53:56+00:00.

u/fuckswithducks would have been so proud about this Wallpaper

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/lovelyb1ch66 on 2023-07-06 03:21:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/AThiefWithShades on 2023-07-06 03:07:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/ApolloApp by /u/SexDrugsAndPopcorn on 2023-07-06 01:06:48+00:00.

We seriously need a new batch of fresh, unadulterated, good quality websites soon because this lack of competition is making us users lose every time.

Anyone have any good new time wasting websites to check out?