An absolutely considerable amount. But there are still upwards of 800m monthly active accounts. Apollo will have throwaway accounts on it also.
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You’re comparing apples to a 1000 avocado farms. It’s worth over 2T but it also employs thousands. But if you’re comparing Tim Cook or any other individuals to one another then it’s a fair deal.
I got permanently banned by Reddit a couple of years ago, now I have to create a new account every few weeks as I often forget to turn off my VPN and they then ban that account... So I'm fine quitting it myself! 😂
I think I remember that - back during the glorious days of the politics/religious/etc. subforum? Man I lived for that subform. It was a blast.
That is not the case, the $ per API call is absurd, too high. If it is reasonable, we can support it.
Several very popular subreddits make you make an entire unique throwaway PER POST. I would be shocked if even 1/20th of the reddit accounts in existence are active.
At one point I had 5 or 6 accounts. No bots, and I am an active user but not THAT active. I am sure other people have more than 10. Plus millions and millions of bots. I truly wonder what’s the actual user base.
Let me preface this by saying that I know I am in the super duper minority here... and before you jump down my throat, keep in mind this is all personal preference
But... I actually prefer the Reddit app over Apollo... I tried Apollo but thought the Reddit app was much simpler and straight forward, This was a long time ago so i don't remember the exact specifics, but I remember the Apollo app having all these unnecessary functions and options and I quickly got frustrated with it... The official app you just get in, look at threads, reply, interact and its all very simple and straight forward. For some apps and functions I love options but for some I prefer straight forward simplicity...... And I would also like to add that I was a huge lover of tweetbot, that app I found to be sooooo much better than the official twitter app... which I am learning to live with.
But... I actually prefer the Reddit app over Apollo... I tried Apollo but thought the Reddit app was much simpler and straight forward, This was a long time ago so i don't remember the exact specifics, but I remember the Apollo app having all these unnecessary functions and options and I quickly got frustrated with it... The official app you just get in, look at threads, reply, interact and its all very simple and straight forward. For some apps and functions I love options but for some I prefer straight forward simplicity...... And I would also like to add that I was a huge lover of tweetbot, that app I found to be sooooo much better than the official twitter app... which I am learning to live with.
Yep, it was back then. In all fairness, I had made a snarky comment; not meant to insult but it could’ve been interpreted that way. And the MR mods were kind enough to keep an open-line of communication with me and they reconsidered my ban multiple times.
I'm sure we'll never know. Probably because Reddit doesn't even know for sure. Just like twitter and any other social network. The fact still remains that Apollo, while probably being a great app, still isn't big enough to matter to Reddit. If it's that great then Reddit could always just buy it out and adopt the features in their own app. Or just flat-out copy them as well.
Apollo could be bluffing too... just to see if this threat moves the needle in their favor at all. Time will tell, but I'm sure Apollo is just done for.
31,710 years.
Seriously, I really don't understand all the praise and passiveness people have for Apple's undeserved wealth (and Apple isnt the only greed addicted company to get a pass either). This is really the #1 issue that the world is facing and hardly anyone talks about it and even fewer are doing anything about it. I live in Canada, buying a home is nearly impossible; most people make about $50,000/year and houses cost 1 million or more (starting price) in the Toronto area and a little less than that outside of Toronto. Single bedroom condos sell for half a million, starting price again. And while we're paying through the nose in income taxes, not only are companies like Apple paying peanuts they're also dodging taxes buy storing their cash overseas. Our groceries cost a ton, education costs a ton, insurance, health care, etc. All of these are issues that affect 98% of us equally and these issues would be solved REAL FAST if we taxed the super rich up the ever loving ass; not this piddly 20% tax rate their paying. So why are we celebrating Apple and companies alike for making trillions? It's at OUR EXPENSE!!! WTF!!! Does anyone really have sympathy for Apple if instead of making 200 billion a year they'd make 50 billion? It's as if billionaires would really struggle if they earned only 999 million dollars a year. You want struggle? Try getting by on $50,000 a year instead!
Apple doesn’t “got” multiple trillions, it’s worth multiple trillions. That’s not the same thing.
And yeah, they’ve only changed how billions of people live their lives every day. Multiple times.
I hate the official app. It's hot garbage.
But at the same time, I've found myself using it more than Apollo because I never learned how to do (if they're even possible) several simple things I do often while on Reddit. It was always on my todo list, but I never got around to trying to figure it out.
So yeah, I supposed I kind of agree with this. To me, Apollo was what you used when you spend a lot of time on Reddit. For the most part, I do not.
Probably the same people upset they can’t share Netflix logins anymore either and Netflix is greedy!I have to agree. I don't think I've ever seen a first post so downvoted in all my years here. I support their right to an opinion tho, agreed - credit where it is due.
They will make up the difference by selling Apple Vision Pro for $3.5k.
He said he is not interested in starting his own platform. The best we can hope for is someone buys his app.
I say this without any malice, but I recommend taking a look at economics and also human behavior. If you think that reducing a company income to 1/4 doesn’t produce catastrophic consequence for the workforce and the economy as a whole (especially since we’re talking about all major corporations here) you’re a bit off. The first thing that will happen is major layoffs, followed by the cut of all products with minor ROI, followed by increase in price of products with major ROI, followed by reduction of services in general. That’s just for starters.
That would have been a good solution, require people to pay for reddit premium and then they could use 3rd party apps.