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Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down (www.businessinsider.com)
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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] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed, but those users probably never contributed much. I would argue the users who bothered to seek out a third party app were more engaged and active. So those are the people who are now leaving, which may hurt Reddit disproportionately.