Looks like I will be quitting Reddit on the 30th then. I refuse to use their dumpster fire known as the official app.
Apollo will close down on June 30th
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Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#52can Apollo just switch to supporting Lemmy.ml? That would be nice their UI kinda sucks at the moment.
You mean Lemmy in general? Lemmy.ml is just one of many Lemmy servers. Though there's some discussion coming up on how things are going in Lemmy regarding anything surrounding any criticism of China or Russia.
So far, there's been attempts to spin up new servers to mitigate issues on lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml while others are looking to Kbin which also federates with Lemmy but uses separate software.
Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#53can Apollo just switch to supporting Lemmy.ml? That would be nice their UI kinda sucks at the moment.
Probably not financially viable to do so.
Depends, could be a cart leading a horse situation.
As in: Maybe Lemmy has bad UX which is why it craters adoption.
Spending some resources on an Apollo version with Lemmy support sounds like a good idea assuming the dev time can be recouped.
Since Apollo is a paid app I think there's a more direct path to financial relevance than number of eyes in ads. :)
Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#54I just don’t see Reddit’s response here other than “yes, turns out we are the bad guys who have been continually lying and manipulating the situation for our benefit”. I wonder if they’ll see employees quit over this. How do you trust your employer after this? I bet some subreddits will go permanently private or delete themselves over this. Just absolutely stunning turn of events, massive kudos to Christian for recor…
> Is spez (Steve Huffman, CEO and cofounder) going to lose his job over this? If spez wasn’t fired on the spot for abusing his power to manually edit posts critical of him, why would you expect them to sack him over something that actually has a legitimate business angle?
Good point, I totally forgot that he was caught editing posts directly in the production DB https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-stev...
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#55The Apollo app had much better performance than the official Reddit app. However, the design of the app was amateurish and hideous to look at. The official Reddit app is actually designed by designers and it shows.
That’s an opinion that I’m not really sure matters for the conversation at hand. It’s not about if Apollo is good, it’s about how Apollo is being treated.
You are free to use what ever you want, and that’s the point. This removes everything but the Reddit app.
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#56can Apollo just switch to supporting Lemmy.ml? That would be nice their UI kinda sucks at the moment.
Tapbots building a good app for Mastodon after Tweetbot got killed didn't suddenly push Mastodon into a top-tier social network.
Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#57I just don’t see Reddit’s response here other than “yes, turns out we are the bad guys who have been continually lying and manipulating the situation for our benefit”. I wonder if they’ll see employees quit over this. How do you trust your employer after this? I bet some subreddits will go permanently private or delete themselves over this. Just absolutely stunning turn of events, massive kudos to Christian for recor…
Most users won’t opt for a refund from Apollo. People are on his side.
Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#58I just don’t see Reddit’s response here other than “yes, turns out we are the bad guys who have been continually lying and manipulating the situation for our benefit”. I wonder if they’ll see employees quit over this. How do you trust your employer after this? I bet some subreddits will go permanently private or delete themselves over this. Just absolutely stunning turn of events, massive kudos to Christian for recor…
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Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#59Looks like I will be quitting Reddit on the 30th then. I refuse to use their dumpster fire known as the official app.
You can stop now. Web 2.0 social media is dead and web3 is unrefined garbage.
Time for web1 bulletin board/forums to return!
Re: Apollo will close down on June 30th
#60Bad move from Reddit's end. Apollo is one of my most used apps because I absolutely refuse to use the official app. Just like the new Reddit experience on desktop version, the mobile app is just as terrible. Clunky, slow, not user friendly. No thanks.
And exactly what are they losing from business perspective? Few users that generate only costs?
Most of the content on reddit is created by power users who are more likely to use 3rd party tools. Most people who use the official app only consume content.