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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] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Have you tried wefwef? I’m also coming from Apollo and finding it very familiar :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah I did and currently I'm switching between wefwef and Memmy. I have to say that I'm positively shocked how fast those Apps developed in the last two weeks.

Maybe I would like to see the original Apollo App, because I used it for years and it's more about the emotional bonding.

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

I never used Apollo (I'm an Android user) but I tried wefwef for the first time today and I'm surprised at how natural it feels. If this is what Apollo was like I'm sad I didn't get a chance to experience it.

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

Same here I never really got into reddit until I found an app that I actually enjoyed browsing on…. Apollo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is that what Apollo was like? I'm an android user, so never actually used Apollo. The sliding to vote, collapse, and reply is kinda neat (if perhaps not very obvious at first -- I saw a comment mention it, which is the main reason I even knew it was there).

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

As a native App it felt of course more smooth and everything was more polished. But the whole UI is exactly like Apollo, still missing some QOL features (like favorite communities).

There were a lot of features which you would never ask for in the beginning but when you're used to it, they are great. For example: You want to share some reddit content with friends who don't use reddit? Here, take the native video downloader and just share the video and not a link. Or you could share a thread/comment as a big vertical screenshot, so your friends could read it on their mobile device.

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

And being able to share as image with the title, for those images that needed context

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, very much. It had even a few more really useful tricks like press and hold on a comment and a menu would pop up to let you do different actions, like reply, quote, select text, save the comment or even translate it using google translate. It was really awesome, clean and intuitive.

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

Yes, very much. It had even a few more really useful tricks like press and hold on a comment and a menu would pop up to let you do different actions, like reply, quote, select text, save the comment or even translate it using google translate. It was really awesome, clean and intuitive.

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

Yeah this was exactly how Apollo worked. I went from Sync on Android to Apollo when I switched to iOS and love both

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

Yes, very much. It had even a few more really useful tricks like press and hold on a comment and a menu would pop up to let you do different actions, like reply, quote, select text, save the comment or even translate it using google translate. It was really awesome, clean and intuitive.

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

I wish I knew about wefwef sooner I don’t know how I can transfer my data from Apollo now

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

Seriously, wefwef has made the transition so easy for me with such a familiar interface.

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

I'm using mlem; it's in active development and the TestFlight beta has come a VERY long way in even just the week since I first installed it. It appears to be striving to be an Apollo clone. Still a long way to go but incredible progress, I'm excited to see what the next month will bring to the app!

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

That’s adorable!!!

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

Yes, quite the odd feeling! On the bright side, I expect Christian probably made enough from app sales to not have to worry for many, many years.

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

Love the icon!