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Popular Reddit App Apollo Shutting Down on June 30
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I'm with you. I liked the official Reddit app better than Apollo. However I also think their API prices are f'in insane. I actually deleted my accounts over it anyway even though I didn't use Apollo.
Looks like RiF, perhaps Apollo's biggest competitor, is also shutting down.
I think you're getting down voted because people disagree with what you're saying.
Reddit is free to do what it wants, but these actions are upsetting a good % of its user base. Subreddits with double digit million users are going dark in protest of this.
Netflix openly suggested that people share passwords for many years - making fun of other companies who didn't allow this. Increasing fees and reducing services isn't usually good business - and I say that as a current Netflix subscriber since the DVD mailing days.
Again you're entitled to your opinion.
Gone are the days in which internet was for all the people and corporations had little impact. Internet has grown into a pathetic environment.
I am going back to usenet.
I’ve seen this posted before… but I’m curious, what does that mean for 3rd party apps in terms of their price structure?
Not only do reddit premium users have to pay reddit to have access to 3rd party apps… but also pay certain features specifically tied to 3rd party apps?
He says he has 50,000 subs at $10/year. That's $500,000/yr gross, so not sure where you're getting your $5M figure from. Even if you're multiplying by years in business, Apollo has existed for less than 8 and obviously wasn't getting anywhere near 50,000 subs for the vast majority of those years. Then subtract Apple's 30% cut and other overhead, and it's readily apparent that Apollo hasn't generated close to $5M in revenue, let alone profit. Not to mention the fact that simply making millions over multiple years doesn't make one a "multi-millionaire."
I miss the 90s. Back when things were simpler and services weren't trying to be businesses driven by greed or politics.
Plus hardly any ads or advertising.
Don't get me wrong there was some but not like it is today.
I know I know Ad blockers.
Same. I miss the pre-social media on a smartphone (2008-ish) internet. In my opinion that’s when things really turned around for the worse. The early 2000’s with the startups race just set the course.
I am very sorry to read this, @ChristianSelig , I remember that I spent some time helping you polish a weird bug with DMs not showing the right number on the badge, or the duplicate messages in the inbox. I hope all that effort was worth it for the years we all have been enjoying Apollo.
Apollo is, by far, the best Reddit experience, I guess we all know that, and I hope this makes someone at Reddit think about what they’ve done.
I finally didn’t purchase the lifetime license, but I was willing to pay a subscription if Reddit pricing had been minimally reasonable. I’m very sorry this has happened and I wish the best to Christian. Why not make your own social network and give some use to Apollo? I guess that’s not that simple and you need servers and a moderation team, but I wanted to mention it. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has suggested the same.
Apollo is, by far, the best Reddit experience, I guess we all know that, and I hope this makes someone at Reddit think about what they’ve done.
I finally didn’t purchase the lifetime license, but I was willing to pay a subscription if Reddit pricing had been minimally reasonable. I’m very sorry this has happened and I wish the best to Christian. Why not make your own social network and give some use to Apollo? I guess that’s not that simple and you need servers and a moderation team, but I wanted to mention it. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has suggested the same.
I genuinely would like to know where you get that number from. I mean is guess it all depends on whose numbers you trust right. They are a private company so only a select few really know. Most places you look show that on a global scale, it isn't as big as you would think.
Apples and oranges. This is more like you are selling stuff on Walmart.com, which Walmart currently takes a small cut of each sale and says we will now take 100% of the item you sold and charge you to list your product.
Yeah I don't even own an ipad so I always use reddit on iphone or on a computer via the website.. Never had any issues.
The item you are missing is Reddit clearly wants to kill 3rd party apps.
That stinks, but I disliked both Apollo as well as Reddit's iOS apps. Neither were/are as good as Reddit on the desktop. And Reddit's mobile site is a disaster.
We found the Reddit exec!
Well, I just used my trusty Google search and Bard gave me the number. Has to be true, right? To be fair I didn't deep dive into the statistics but I'm sure if you look around there are estimations and numbers to get a general idea from. So sure, consider it all to be estimations and possible calculations to the arguments. But I think it still generally holds up no matter what values you plug in. Reddit is huge...
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If the 3rd party wanted to charge. Apollo was free if you wanted it to be. It would be up to the app.