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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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[–] smulk@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

hey, that’s me! I’m a redditor that walked away after Apollo shutdown!

[–] spaysi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Same here - I’m loving wefwef so far, has a very similar UI 🙌

[–] FartManJones@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

Wefwef has been an amazing replacement so far.

[–] qisope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

hello! glad you walked in here.

[–] ivyZorz@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

Apollo refugee reporting in!

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[–] randombit@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

After Apollo’s API token was invalid, I deleted my account. I know it’s a minuscule drop in the ocean for Reddit, but not matter, I’m with Lemmy and the fediverse come what may.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same, in the optional feedback box, I told them to fire Spez

[–] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same. Can’t do much, but I think voting with our feet is the right thing to do.

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Sync user here. I've walked away.. Waiting on SyncForLemmy.

[–] eggs@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Went straight from Apollo to wefwef. Smooth transition.

[–] docmox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same here. So far so good.

Not as much activity as Reddit obviously, but I’m embracing it by seeking out the more active communities. I definitely fell into a rut on Reddit by only sticking to a handful of subs. This transition is forcing me to develop new interests, it’s great!

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[–] fuckstick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used Reddit for over a decade, and much of that was with Apollo. Not going back purely because of how they treated Christian and the other 3rd party devs

[–] LimaHotel807@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, I’m one of them. RIP Apollo.

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[–] RolyRamen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I have, for now at least. Reddit is a hard habbit to break, and maybe lemmy is just feeding that same habbit but it's an interesting time.

[–] abnormal_123@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit was becoming complete trash. The only thing that kept me was Apollo because it had an awesome feature where I could filter out all the keywords I didn’t want to see. Well, Apollo is now gone, so I’m done with Reddit and have started using lemmy.

[–] june@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I spent the last 3 years curating my feed by filtering the subs I didn’t want to see on r/all in Apollo. I can’t get that back and the front page is just garbage.

So yeah, I’m here now unless a better platform pops up.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Reddit is Fun user here... I had 15 years on reddit, I was part of their FCC filing in favor of Net Neutrality... I'm not going back.

It's not just about shutting down the apps, it's about the utter disdain they showed the communities and the users.

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[–] ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Once Bacon Reader died, I stopped. It's sad. I was subbed to a lot of fun and interesting subreddits. But fuck spez, that greedy little pig boy. Lemmy seems like reddit lite for the moment, but I'm sure it will grow.

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[–] grizzledgrizzly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Everyone keeps commenting on how federation feels “emptier” than Reddit, but honestly all I did after 15 or so years on Reddit is doom scroll. I just lurked and felt miserable. There IS less content here and because of that I visit for a shorter period of time and that FREEs me up to do other, more productive things with people I know outside of social media. After the past few weeks of learning about the tech and the why and how of the land I think I like the balance here.

[–] tiagofal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Apollo refugee here. Can confirm.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Apollo shutting down forced me to confront my Reddit addiction. I used Reddit to escape my life. Even if it was just 5 minutes to take a break from work, or remove myself from reality to avoid anxiety or boredom. It became a crutch and an addiction. Instead of focusing on trying to change the moment or situation I’d escape instead.

It’s a lazy crutch to give yourself dopamine when in reality we all should be focusing on self improvement. Delayed gratification instead of immediate release. It sucks the various communities will die but at least my health can improve.

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[–] shoobie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Try wefwef.app my fellow ex-Apollo users

[–] Mikelius@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Using it right now, it’s like a warm blanket.

[–] shoobie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

A warm blanket that feels familiar huh

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[–] Shad0w@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I stepped away from Reddit after Apollo shut down in part out of spite and to stand against the crap from Reddit but mostly because Apollo made Reddit usable.

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[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm pissed at HOW they did it. Without an ounce of respect for the user base. They could have made it affordable and turned a profit out of 3rd party apps, they could have been more civil on the communications, they could have explained the problem and asked suggestions, even if they had no intentions on doing something else.

But they choosed a huge FU, not only to it's end users, but to people that were trying to make reddit a better place, either at barely a profit, or with volunteer work.

[–] MrKilroy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When the controversy first started, I thought reddit was doing the ol "announce something way worse than what we actually intend so when we compromise and get what we really want everyone will be happy" but no, they didn't budge at all and acted like assholes in the process. If they just remained silent the whole time that would have been better. Instead they showed how they truly do not care about their users.

[–] FunkyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They could have just straight up said, "hey, we are getting rid of third party apps because we need to consolidate where our users browse reddit for our IPO". I would have been annoyed, but the way they pretended that all that TPA devs were too unreasonable to work with their outrageous terms genuinely pissed me the fuck off.

I’m one of those

[–] Sinister_Grape@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Mostly_Harmless@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I deleted my Reddit account right after I noticed Apollo stopped working. Mastodon and Kbin are filling the void nicely and I find I don't miss Reddit at all.

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