This forum thread, the fact that quite a few subreddits (some with double digit millions of users) are going dark in protest, and people deleting their reddit accounts (myself included) proves you wrong. Starting to think you're being intentionally ignorant especially after several users here have pointed out several obvious fallacies in your logic. There's a word for your type of behavior on the internet...
I mean, they lied directly to the developer, and then tried to slander him saying that he blackmailed Reddit (clearly disproven by a legal recording of the call by the Apollo dev). If you think that’s ethical behaviour then maybe you need to reevaluate your standards for ethics.
119,000 (and climbing) users care. Most will not forget this by the weekend. You're willfully ignorant, misinformed, or on Reddit's PR team.
Why are you so angry about this? Big corporations are slashing and burning the few good things we still have in the name of ridiculous profit. This isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t just impact random apps on our phones. These companies are realizing they can make buckets of money while running on skeleton crews and cutting off longstanding relationships and good faith. This impacts whole industries of workers and users, and it seems like it’s only going to get worse. It’s sad that in 2023 most big corporations are making user hostile decisions like this while enjoying massive, unprecedented revenue. Us consumers only have so much to give. Things have gotten way out of hand and it makes me really sad as a tech enthusiast who also works in the industry.
I hate to remind you, for the nth time. He freeloaded. He doesn’t have server costs.
Is there a way to bookmark this? I’ll see you at the IPO where users are higher than ever before.
Reddit actively worked with him and had a good relationship. He was encouraged by Reddit to continue development on the app, even getting early word on new features/api changes so that the app could work smoothly all the way up until they pulled the rug out. You’re being disingenuous and I don’t understand why. What do you have to gain here? We’re hurting, let us be angry!
It's funny reading these Apollo threads on Reddit where they claim to leave June 30th. Check back on July 7th and 4 out of 5 will be posting.Well, looks like my Reddit usage ends as of today. It’s been a fun ride, but Reddit just isn’t Reddit without the Apollo app.
Apollo had its own servers, and thus it had server costs. Why are you telling such blatantly obvious lies? Why do you refuse to learn even the basic facts of the things you’re talking about with such unearned confidence?
And there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re upset and knee jerk reactions are to be expected. Regardless of what people decide, Reddit will be a degraded experience after June 30 for many of us.
I'll be playing my violin when they're a penny stock if this is kind of company Reddit repeatedly shows themselves to be.
What part are we missing here? Reddit asking money for api access? Or you are missing the ENTIRE point of Reddit charging “unreasonable“ amount to basically kill apollo? And he says he got paid half a mil. So what? You don’t get the full picture of his other costs either. He has to pay himself right? And if he hire anyone he has to pay them too, not a small amount mind you. Somehow he supposed to provide work for free Just to pay reddit ransom to keep his will-be-losing money app afloat?
And that word is "bootlicking". Those who are choosing to lick Reddit's boots in this thread are intentionally ignoring facts and just robotically spewing "THEY OWN IT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT" with complete disregard for what the situation actually is. I'll never understand why so many people worship corporations.
I hope to be that 1 in 5 then. Let’s check back in a month and see how I fare.
And by extension, furiously defend every decision made by said company, until when the calamity strikes on them. They don’t seem to realise, to those corporations, they are nothing but a database entry. Worshiping a database entry is just… put it mildly, mind-boggling.
So you are not apollo‘s target user anyway. Good for you.
