Christian SeligJun 8, 2023
Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/
📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️

Hey all, It's been an amazing run thanks to all of you. Eight years ago, I posted in the Apple subreddit [about a Reddit app I was looking for...

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kumpelJun 9, 2023
Show threadChristian Selig

I’ve had a lot of questions about Reddit’s planned AMA today and “What if they…”, so I added a section to the bottom of my post to answer that and thought I’d share it here too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️

Hey all, It's been an amazing run thanks to all of you. Eight years ago, I posted in the Apple subreddit [about a Reddit app I was looking for...

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Jun 9, 2023 at 4:41pmIvory for iOS
Show threadCurious BadgerJun 9, 2023

@christianselig once again, I’m so sorry it came to this. It’s such a shame.

I can’t wait to see how heavily moderated the AMA will be in 45 minutes.

Show threadDMNKJun 9, 2023
@curiousbadger @christianselig When is it supposed to start? 30 Minutes from now? I’m morbidly curious.
Show threadCurious BadgerJun 9, 2023
@DMNK @christianselig yep, 28 minutes from now (1730 UTC).
Show threadThessnake03Jun 9, 2023
@curiousbadger @christianselig still ain't live. Just another sign of how they run their business
Show threadMoby DuckJun 9, 2023
@christianselig really sad to see Apollo go, it’s an example of excellence on the iOS platform while the official offering is an example of user-hostile, poorly accessible corporate greed. Thanks for everything and good luck with whatever you do going forward! Also obligatory #fuckreddit, see all of you over at Lemmy!
Show threadPeter CurdJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I’m going to miss using Apollo. Not sure I’m going to miss Reddit as much. I’ve already told some of the subs I moderate that I’m leaving the platform. I’ve decided it’s Apollo or nothing! I look forward to your next app (I love Amplosion and Achoo)
Show threadVille Jun 9, 2023
@christianselig I feel so sorry for you, Apollo is a great app. I hope you release a new app that a lot for people are going to use daily!
Show threadJoshuaJun 9, 2023
No one should take any bait offered by Reddit. Any compromises they may offer will undoubtedly be erased within a few months and we'll be back to the current situation.
Show threadBen WeaverJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I’m going to really miss using Apollo. It’s been by far my most used iOS app since you released it. I consider it to be the benchmark for what an iOS app should be. I don’t use Reddit outside of Apollo at all, so after over 10 years of use I’ll be redacting all my content and deleting all my accounts in solidarity with Apollo. I’ve used your app since your first thread launching on /r/apple. Thanks for everything.
Show threadthatvirtualboyJun 9, 2023
@christianselig Out of curiousity Christian, are you going to still use Reddit yourself? Or has that bridge been burned?
Show threadgh0sti Jun 9, 2023
@christianselig 8 years you helped their site grow and this is the thanks they give you. What a slap in the face.
Show threadLeifJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I really don’t see how this will go well for reddit, this more or less alienates a massive part of the old and it’s not like this is low key. If they don’t change anything they’ll have to gut most subreddits’ modteams effectively changing the culture of reddit for the worse (been going down anyways).
Show threadVertanaJun 9, 2023
@christianselig To those that are deleting your accounts you can use this to fully wipe it before June 30th API change: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
GitHub - j0be/PowerDeleteSuite: Power Delete Suite for Reddit

Power Delete Suite for Reddit. Contribute to j0be/PowerDeleteSuite development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadNoToRedditAPIFeesJun 9, 2023
@christianselig sad stuff. Looking forward to follow you here on Mastadon after deleting Reddit, man. You’ve really made Reddit enjoyable, more than the default app or website could ever do.
Show threadharleyofallthingsJun 9, 2023

@christianselig Very curious about how much effort it would take to make "Appolo for Lemmy."

I understand they're two different platforms so it would be a lot but I think most of the effort is on the backend as it seems like lemmy is functionally similar. I'm not an ios developer myself so I could be completely wrong but I'm just curious.

However lemmy is a lot less popular so it may not be worth it.

Show threadDennisJun 10, 2023
@Dogmaster6 @christianselig It depends on how similar the api is. If it is close enough, it shouldn’t be that hard to be able to write an adapter which translates the Reddit API calls to Lemmy API calls. That would allow basically every Reddit app to simply use this adapter and change to Lemmy. The more the APIs differ, the harder it would be
Show threadTane Piper ⁂Jun 9, 2023

@christianselig @tchambers It's truly the end of the "Media Platform" era with this and Twitter - everyone who built their tools on someone else's platform will start to pull away, and the audiences will die away.

I've have people comment that federation won't work, but all the really popular reddits have to do is agree a path to create their own communities - there are plenty with over 100k users

Show threadBee • New Move!Jun 9, 2023
@christianselig What would be the best outcome from this AMA, if at all?
Show threadDmitry MazinJun 9, 2023
@christianselig sorry mate. what a dickbag https://reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/_/jnk45rr/?context=1
Addressing the community about changes to our API

>How do you address the concerns of users who feel that Reddit has become increasingly profit-driven and less focused on community...

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Show threadLaowaiJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I’ve just deleted all of my posts from my 8 years on Reddit. I hope others will be inspired to do the same. My account t will be deleted on June 30th.
Show threadtarasisJun 9, 2023
@christianselig Sad to see Apollo go, but completely understand why. Amused that even till the end you won’t reveal Easter eggs inside the binary. At least would love to know some of the bits of the voice files, but I guess for something far far after this point. (And some files inside asset catalogue)
Show threadJohn...Jun 9, 2023
@christianselig if ‘if and buts' were candy and nuts
Show threadGraphiarJun 9, 2023
@christianselig Fuck u/spez
Show threadPhilippJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I’m genuinely destroyed by the fact that my most used app will vanish this month. I know it’s nothing compared to your loss but man will I miss this experience. Fan since day 1.
Show threaddoncristianJun 9, 2023
@christianselig sad to see all of this develop the way it did. Just deleted my reddit account, thanks for such an amazing and well done app 🫂❤️
Show threadWill ClarkJun 9, 2023
@christianselig Oh man, he's real real made you make a living from Apollo. Insanely whiney sounding.
Show threadDaintyFlowerJun 9, 2023
@christianselig when the party’s over, the party is over.
Show threadMichael DaviesJun 9, 2023
@christianselig I’m watching a chromium extension delete my 12 years of comment and post history. After I got past the activity from 8 years ago it didn’t have much work to do. Thanks for making such a brilliant app and I look forward to seeing what, if anything, you’ll share in the future.
Show threadStuart McHattie 👨🏼‍💻Jun 9, 2023
@christianselig they keep going on about being threatened but they hold all the cards. You can’t be threatened when you have all the power. Such ridiculous behaviour for a business as large as theirs.
Show threadDown10Jun 9, 2023

@christianselig
It didn't have to be this way. Reddit could have made positive gestures with developers or even just rolled back their insane price increases. But no, Reddit wants to destroy all good will with their 3rd-party developers and their mods and their users.

Fuck them. I hope Reddit goes down in flames, like Digg did before it.

Show threadKitJun 10, 2023
@christianselig Anyone still on Twitter? Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway were pretty insensitive about this on their Pivot podcast. I would love for someone to bring the facts to their attention.
Show threadJoelydJun 10, 2023
@christianselig what app is that in the dynamic island (not the pixel pal)?
Show threadHeadPlugJun 10, 2023
@christianselig It might have already been asked, but have you considered pointing Apollo to something like Lemmy?
Show threadGumpy2Jun 10, 2023
@christianselig it’s seriously disgusting how he’s trying to paint you as an evil leech on their precious profits; you’re literally just trying to make improvements to help users
Show threadsamfJun 10, 2023
@christianselig ah yes, very excited to click that link and read a Reddit post in a very reasonable first-party way 🫠
Show threadTravis Gilbert-CottrellJun 11, 2023
@@christianselig
Show threadMark WalleyJun 11, 2023
@christianselig thanks for adding the tip jar. I tipped a bit, then deleted my Reddit account and then Apollo. God bless on whatever you build next.
Show threadTennessee SportsJun 16, 2023
@christianselig create your own Reddit, Christian. People would sign up.