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Apollo for Reddit is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by mint@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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whelp, there it is

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FYI, a lemmy iOS app, Mlem, is in active development, and we hope to be at 1.0 by July 1. It's heavily inspired by Apollo, but, obviously, with changes for lemmy.

Stay tuned and subscribe to c/mlemapp for updates!

Edit: I want to note that, since one of the biggest sticking points with 3rd-party apps has been both accessibility for the blind and deaf and mod tools, they're both on our minds as we design the interface. Getting both right will, of course, take time, but we want everyone to know that we fully intend to make our app usable for everyone.

[–] Lucy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sad news. I use Boost which I love. But won't be using Reddit anymore once 3rd party apps are cut off.

[–] mershed_perderders@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Same. There was a post on the boost subreddit indicating this place, so I expect there will be an influx (eg, me).

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is sad to see an amazing app become rendered useless due to some companies greed. They were not even being reasonable with pricing nor did they really give the dev time to figure out what to do.

I really hope that everyone leaves reddit and comes to the fediverse. Mastodon had a huge boost and it completely replaced twitter for me. I am sure Lemmy can do the same.

[–] NotSteve_@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm hoping Christian ports Apollo to Lemmy. I'm not sure what the feasibility of doing so is but I'd actually pay a monthly subscription for the ability to continue using it

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think he wants the apps to die with its legacy. Maybe he would make another app that does it. I hope he does and I would pay a modest subscription for it.

I hope that on June 30th, when it shuts down, the app doesn't just give an error message but instead displays some kind of farewell message.

[–] NotSteve_@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah a farewell would be good. In my dream scenario, he would open source it and the community could port it. That might be unlikely though

[–] Banjo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Going to miss using Apollo. Great design and Christian built it with the user experience first.

[–] acowley@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

How do you get to the point where you're accusing Christian of blackmailing you in this situation? You're the 500lb gorilla who's driving all these app developers out of business. Even if you really feel like these app developers have been free riding on your largesse, how do you have so little perspective to be this petty and spiteful?

[–] zaktmt@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a big reason why I'm here as of today. I just can't in good conscience support what Reddit is doing. I've been an Apollo user since it launched out of beta. I jumped at the chance to have paid Christian twice for both the original premium upgrade. And then the Ultra one later down the road. I just adore the app. When I switched to Android I still found myself missing it terribly. Since switching back to iOS. I've averaged 15-20 hours per week just using Apollo.

End of an era :(

[–] bouncing@partizle.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m a more recent Apollo user, having switched to iPhone last year. But I’m in the same boat. The third party apps are the only way to go on any platform.

I’ve also been a paying Reddit gold (now premium) user for, I dunno, maybe 10 years. It’s offensive that after all that, I can’t run the software I want to run to access the site. It’s a sign of enshittification.

And frankly, Apollo or not, Reddit isn’t what it used to be. It’s less friendly and welcoming than the narwhal days when /r/LucidDreaming was the hottest community. It’s more abrasive now, more childish. Like the rest of the internet, I suppose.

[–] zaktmt@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it is completely different than what it used to be. There would definitely be times when a hivemind mentality would get borderline insane. The first subreddit I discovered was r/atheism. And it was nice seeing other people like me. But I remember asking honestly about a girl I was dating at the time being Lutheran and wondering if it could work. Some were supportive. But some people were vile. It was then I could see how nuts it would get.

The communities are so large it has almost gotten too big for its own good. It's made the people who run the site into total monsters. I started off lurking the site about 14 years ago. And the finally made an account 3 years after. 11 years down the drain, I remember recommending the site to people all the way back then. Especially when I started discovering a lot of the meme subreddits that I would share with friends.

[–] bazongo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do people keep mentioning apollo? It sucks. There are actually good 3rd party reddit apps

[–] ClammyMantis488@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not my favorite but I can see the passion of the dev in my app. It's not fair to discount the whole thing because you think it sucks.

[–] bazongo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The changes of the api affects every 3rd party reddit app. Apollo is one of the least good ones. Focusing on the bad app is shitting on everyone who puts all of their passion into the good apps

[–] x64@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious as to why you think Christian doesn't put passion into Apollo?

What things about Apollo don't you like?

[–] bazongo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Making foss is driven by passion. Making proprietary software is driven by passion for making money. One of these passions are not driven by greed. Guess which one. Also, guess which kind of software I prefer. I will never understand itoddlers

[–] Klinkertinlegs@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

So if it’s rude when others call you names, how would you categorize what you just did?

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're here and you have the technical skills, please consider running your own instance. Beehaw and lemmy.ml are getting slammed.

[–] paulchartres@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Signed up to Lemmy today, but held off to see if the Reddit situation was going to get any better. Seems like it won't, so one big hearty fuck you to them.
I'll try and contribute as much as I can to this community.

[–] GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yup. After reading about Apollo going the way of the dino I took a quick glance over the Boost for Reddit subreddit, and while it doesn't look like they've announced their shutdown it's realistically gonna happen unless Reddit backs out last second.

I saw a thread there where someone recommended Lemmy so here I am. Gotta say so far it feels just like Reddit did, in a good way.

[–] Fallstar@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even if they back out. Screw them

[–] coldredlight@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's about where I am. Spez making up a blackmail/extortion accusation against the Apollo dev is just so completely damning. I have no faith left in anything the Reddit admins say at this point, and it's hard to imagine what they can do to change that.

[–] animist@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, fool me once

[–] Jxn@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And now I’m here after 17 years on Reddit. 🤷‍♂️

[–] doublejay1999@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

15 for me. No ragrats.

[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You and me both.... I have seen that place through its ups and downs. From the narwhal bacon's at midnight to Jolly Rancher, Zoop and the swamps of drogba.

I finally left my account a few days ago and haven't been back since. The place is a shell of what it used to be and it's been really very refreshing have a scout about somewhere else.

Fuck greed..... It eventually ruins everything!

[–] Amiral_Poitou@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the swamps of drogba

[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ha ha..... Nice ! Image didn't load without a click, it was risky but a lot better than what I braved myself for :)