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Popular Reddit App Apollo Shutting Down on June 30

Choco Taco said:
Actually that isn't that much and would be worth it. I don't understand why he would just shut the app down then instead of asking the users if they'd be willing to pay more.
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That's the one part I agree with. Why didn't he poll the user to see if they would pay more. I don't think $20/y is unreasonable if it's a good app you use a lot. How much more would Apollo need to pay vs users that pay Apollo Subs?
 
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compwiz1202 said:
That's the one part I agree with. Why didn't he poll the user to see if they would pay more. I don't think $20/y is unreasonable if it's a good app you use a lot. How much more would Apollo need to pay vs users that pay Apollo Subs?
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Because he was making millions before without any costs. Now even if even if there are customers willing to pay, the margins would've gone down and it's no longer worth his time. He has other apps (pixels pals) which brings in even more income than apollo (according to his own twitter) so it's just not worth it
 
compwiz1202 said:
That's the one part I agree with. Why didn't he poll the user to see if they would pay more. I don't think $20/y is unreasonable if it's a good app you use a lot. How much more would Apollo need to pay vs users that pay Apollo Subs?
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AppleWatchGuy said:
Because he was making millions before without any costs. Now even if even if there are customers willing to pay, the margins would've gone down and it's no longer worth his time. He has other apps (pixels pals) which brings in even more income than apollo (according to his own twitter) so it's just not worth it
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As stated many times before the API is being replaced. It's not just a pay for Apollo to keep working. Reddit is changing the API and anything using said API will be restricted to content Reddit "allows" third party apps to access.

So even if the API was still free Apollo will never work as it did again nor will any other third party app.

Reddit has made it if you want to see all of Reddit you have to be in a web browser. Their own app doesn't have said limitations but they choose to censor data on their mobile app which is what pushed some users to third party apps in the first place. They are in essence closing the loophole.

This is all a complicated game. Reddit wants to fully control how you interact with Reddit. Some people will care less most people will likely be clueless. It is what it is.
 
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hoser2112 said:
The issue is that he’s looking at baseline costs of $2.50 per month per user, just for the Reddit API. This doesn’t factor in other API call costs, server costs, etc. Add on other stuff, plus the 30% cut to Apple, and you’d need to charge somewhere in the range of $50-60 per year.

This is also assuming usage doesn’t change much. If usage changes dramatically, the costs can increase substantially, as it’s nearly 25 cents per 1000 API calls. He’d need to keep tabs on it, cut off high usage users on a regular basis, and likely go with a monthly (not annual) model and adjust prices frequently.

The other option is to just charge users per API request with a markup, meaning heavy users could easily be on the hook for $20 or $30 per month or more just for using Reddit.
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Yes $60/y might be reasonable if I used an app a ton, and it was good, but heck no would I ever pay $360/y
 
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blazerunner said:
Apple's worth trillions of dollars only because they've ripped off others and hoarded al the profits.

You can't even comprehend how much a billion dollars is, but Apple's got multiple trillions. Regular peasants like me and you would have our lives completely changed with a 'measly' million dollars. This company has NOT earned this kind of wealth. Stop giving Apple a pass.. this is EXACTLY how you get the kind of income INEQUALITY from the super rich and the dwindling middle WORKING class.
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Heck yea, even $100K after taxes would be a great help to us.
 
darkcompass said:
After a week, I've found myself free of Reddit's pull - so my account is now gone.
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The amount of time I have to do other things, etc is AMAZING. LOL I had no clue how much time I was spending on reddit.

While I don't regret my reddit usage, after the CEO's opinions and treatment of their own users ... I'm done. Deleted my account last week.

It's interesting, I left FB and social media back in 2016. Leaving reddit had more of an impact for me because it was my "go to" time waster, mindless reading. :p
 
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Stromos said:
As stated many times before the API is being replaced. It's not just a pay for Apollo to keep working. Reddit is changing the API and anything using said API will be restricted to content Reddit "allows" third party apps to access.

So even if the API was still free Apollo will never work as it did again nor will any other third party app.

Reddit has made it if you want to see all of Reddit you have to be in a web browser. Their own app doesn't have said limitations but they choose to censor data on their mobile app which is what pushed some users to third party apps in the first place. They are in essence closing the loophole.

This is all a complicated game. Reddit wants to fully control how you interact with Reddit. Some people will care less most people will likely be clueless. It is what it is.
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What does Reddit censor on their own app?
 
I am pleased to announce that all subreddits will now reopen (including /r/apple) since mods are threaten to be removed by Reddit and mods are addicted to power and cannot relinquish control.
 
AppleWatchGuy said:
I am pleased to announce that all subreddits will now reopen (including /r/apple) since mods are threaten to be removed by Reddit and mods are addicted to power and cannot relinquish control.
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Fridays, always great to fetch something from thin air.
 
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My Reddit account has just received a three day suspension for “engaging in vote manipulation” which is odd because I’ve not logged into it for a while. The only things I’ve been upvoting recently are posts supporting the blackout.

With this and the Apollo thing, I’m just going to delete the account. What’s the best way to do it these days, what tool can I use which will edit/delete all my individual posts please? I used to have an extension in Chrome but that doesn’t seem to work any more.
 
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🪦 RIP Apollo ♥️

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