I know the feeling. I've been using Apollo since the beta and at the end of the month it's just going to be gone. An app made with care and attention for years, just deleted because it has now served its purpose and it now gets in the way of the IPO. I won't be going back.
I don't know if the fediverse is the answer but it feels like a good place to start.
How would they know that except by putting in the manual work to find out? It's easier to just come up with a process to do it for anyone who asks.