Apollo founder Christian Selig said he's "heartbroken" about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit's API pricing changes.

Apollo founder Christian Selig said he’s “heartbroken” about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit’s API pricing changes.

  • Whatsit_Tooya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    1 year ago

    Not being able to browse on mobile killed it for me. Most of my browsing was on mobile via Apollo. I refuse to get the official app after this stunt so now I’m just not using Reddit.

    Luckily wefwef is making the transition easy and familiar.

      • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        This app has totally blown me away. I always considered PWAs a gimmick, but they’re kind of a “now it works” version of the original iPhone 3rd party apps concept

      • DrMango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        73·
        1 year ago

        Man, the astroturfing for wefwef around here is insane. I keep seeing it get brought up even in completely unrelated threads!

        • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          Apollo had a huge loyal customer base.

          Wefwef provides an almost perfectly cloned UI and is a mere WebApp.

          For this reason a lot of users are so impressed with it that they are evangelising it.

          The big problem with it that it requires users to submit their login credentials, which is a bit of a security issue.

          • TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.netEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Unfortunately all apps are suffering that issue because Lemmy doesn’t support OAuth2. It’s one of the many things on the dev backlog, but hopefully it won’t be too long.

            • myusernameisokay@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              You need to supply the app with your username and password. The app could theoretically steal your credentials when you enter them in order to login. It’s a good reason to not reuse passwords.

              • heylilsharty@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Oof, I didn’t give this thought when I signed in. I luckily didn’t reuse my password here but that’s a great reminder, and good to know my exposure…

          • bankercat3@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            After enrolling in TestFlight, I’ve tried mlem and Liftoff (which is what I’m replying to you on now). Wefwef is good but I’m hoping to use an actual app long term.

            Neither are quite Apollo and I’m really hoping Christian throws his hat back in the ring but they’re solid experiences so long as Lemmy itself doesn’t run into issues.

        • mycoxadril@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I mean, maybe users are just excited about finding a place to land after the exodus, and an app that does feel very similar to Apollo.

          I am using it based off seeing it mentioned a couple times and was very pleasantly surprised it’s similar to Apollo. Definitely makes the transition easier.