Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Popular Reddit App Apollo Would Need to Pay $20 Million Per Year Under New API Pricing

MadDawg2020 said:
Guess you want to go back to BBS on Compuserve or Prodigy then because that was probably the last time profits were not the driving factor.
Click to expand...
Compuserve charged $4.80/hr to connect to the internet. That 3 hours I spent downloading the shareware version of DOOM back in ‘93 was not cheap LOL
 
  • Like
Reactions: BigMcGuire
Vidd said:
Reddit already bought the better Reddit client and ruined it once before.
They probably have no interest in hiring the Apollo developer since their roadmap is likely more avatar customisations and other such nonsense features.


Well thought out take. The other interesting aspect is yes, Reddit has server costs, development costs and so on, but the content they provide is user-provided, much like Twitter. Everyone contributing is providing free content, on top of providing the ad views.
Click to expand...
Ah, I had forgotten about Alien Blue - yeah they probably won't do that again.

I'd probably get crucified for this if anyone actually read it, but I tried switching from Apollo to the official Reddit app today to see what it could be like and I honestly didn't hate it. Some things are a little wonky and controls are definitely in different places but it wasn't that bad, plus it loads videos way faster than Apollo does.

Also I like the subreddit icons, faster notifications, and not fighting with the Apollo extension to properly open Reddit web links is nice.
 
Last edited:
tripsync said:
the UX from the $8/mo that the majority gets is keeping the lights on. that is a good thing.

you think Google search would still be alive if it weren't for sponsored links at the top of the first page of your search?
Click to expand...
Funny you should mention advertising - those 8/mo users arent making up for the massive amount of advertising musk’s antics have cost twitter in the “keep the lights on” end of things
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sowelu
ajf.350d said:
So, worst case, no more Apollo and every one goes to the Reddit app.
Doesn’t that then mean Reddit will still have to service the same amount of requests every day, but actually get no money for it, rather pricing developer access at a reasonable and sustainable level, and getting some return on the user base and access?
What do Reddit get out of users using their app, rather than 3rd parties like Apollo?

I’d like to bet in 3-6 months we get a comment from Reddit along the lines ‘we’ve listened to the users and developers and will now be charging - insert sensible figure- ‘.
Click to expand...
This is what Reddit gets via their app that they don’t Get from Apollo:

IMG_1903.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Evvie, elementalwingma, Weed and 1 other person
Kar98 said:
Once you stay away for a month and come back, it’s so much more horrible-er than when you’re used to it. Like quitting smoking and then smelling your own stanky car.
Click to expand...
So much drama there. I keep getting banned by someone with a vendetta after I inadvertently got a moderator permanently suspended.
 
I guess if people needed to pay for the app, it would have far less users - like so many other things.

Maybe they'll start charging their own users, too, in the not-so-distant future...
 
PBG4 Dude said:
Compuserve charged $4.80/hr to connect to the internet. That 3 hours I spent downloading the shareware version of DOOM back in ‘93 was not cheap LOL
Click to expand...

I remember downloading it for free via FTP using a friend's Dad's university credentials. Then bringing it home on 3.5" floppy disks to play multiplayer DOOM on my brand-new home network (again, sourced for free/cheap, a lot of businesses were switching from coax ethernet over to 10Base-T in those days so there was a glut of old coax network cards)... Good times!
 
  • Like
Reactions: BigMcGuire
sorgo † said:
Reddit is a cesspool echo chamber. Hopefully it goes the way of the dodo (Twitter) very soon. :)
Click to expand...
Not sure what that means but Twitter is perfectly fine and still thriving lol. Sure they probably lost a few folks, but for the most part people just moved on to using the native app and life went on.
 
seek3r said:
Funny you should mention advertising - those 8/mo users arent making up for the massive amount of advertising musk’s antics have cost twitter in the “keep the lights on” end of things
Click to expand...

It's not just that. Twitter advertising actually seems reasonably healthy to me. It's the massive interest payments on all the money that Twitter had to borrow so that Elon could buy them. (Leveraged buy-out...)
 
  • Like
Reactions: TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
  • Like
Reactions: Mr. Heckles
Mr. Heckles said:
You obviously only looked in the areas of this. The subreddits I go on are extremely helpful. I get better help with HomeKit on there than here.

The Apollo app is great and far better than the official Reddit app.
Click to expand...
Yea it's the subreddits you choose, not Reddit itself. Even FB is ok if you limit yourself to certain groups and friends. I never did like Twitter much though except for help with issues from businesses
 
  • Like
Reactions: TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ and Mr. Heckles
GMShadow said:
Due to the general decline of the internet, we've hit a disturbing situation to where the only way to find accurate, not-SEOed-to-hell information is by using Google to search a topic, filtering for Reddit posts.

If Reddit dies I'm not sure anyone's going to be able to find anything at this point.
Click to expand...
Are you trying to say that Quora is no good for you and it never provides ANY good answer to your questions? I mean it's always first link on google, so it must be good and useful! you ungrateful son of a !
 
ChristianSelig said:
Hey all, if you have any questions about this feel free to ask (I'm the Apollo developer).

Been using MacRumors since before I could code so it's always cool to be on the site, wish it was under better circumstances.
Click to expand...
What i suggest is that you create website READit.com, and have the app change all urls from reddit.com to readit.com. Sure people at first will be like "Hold up bro, where all dem posts at?!" but then they'll be like "aw **** dawg Reddit motherfuers really tryin to put ya out of business with their crap app?! Don't say a thing fam, we gotcha!"

ezy pyz
 
bigjnyc said:
Not sure what that means but Twitter is perfectly fine and still thriving lol. Sure they probably lost a few folks, but for the most part people just moved on to using the native app and life went on.
Click to expand...
They definitely lost me when I got push notifications for every tweet from Musk. While I don’t follow him.
 
Reddit can easily die - I remember the big move from Digg to Reddit after Digg messed up their site (I actually like it now, but it's very different). And IMGur ate some of Reddit's meme-flavoured lunch a while back so it can be done piecemeal.

I think someone at Reddit has forgotten that the site is just a platform - the value is in the users who contribute and consume and Reddit doesn't own them.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hagar
This is just a way to kill third party apps without shutting down the API. Reddit has been going downhill ever since they rolled out their new redesign.

Sad that Reddit has decided to go the way of Digg. When Digg died we at least had Reddit. I don’t know if any alternatives at this point. I tried Lemmy but it is not ready for prime time.
 
  • Like
Reactions: imlovinit and TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
Unfortunately, Reddit is taking the same approach as Twitter when they effective killed third-party apps. Like I have with Twitter, I effectively won’t be on Reddit once Apollo is killed off.

Round of applause to Reddit for a job well done. Morons.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back