I don’t know what it means, either.
0.18 is where they have swapped WebSocket for HTTP, as well as tried to fix a load of bugs related to using WebSockets (like the new posts pushing the main feeds down).
0.18.1 is meant to re-enable CAPTCHA on signups, which was removed in 0.18.
The fediverse directly helps with that exact problem by allowing actual instances to remain small as needed. There’s no requirement that an instance have millions of users, which is what drives up cost. Personal instances can still participate in all other federated instances’ communities.
Mastodon has been a good Guinea pig for proof positive the model can work, with something like 4 million+ active users.
Any other Apollo users desperately missing the jump down button in post comments?
I keep trying to press it out of habit. Would really come in handy as the comments keep growing! Loving the app so far though, thank you @[email protected] [https://lemmy.ml/u/lFenix] for all your work already.
Man, really fuck Spez. Christian just seems like such a genuinely good guy, who just was trying to build something great using Apple’s tools. The way he details the huge shift of direction from early 2023 to now in regards to them having no plans to change the API smells a lot like corpo-influence sinking their teeth in Spez and forcing this change ahead of the IPO.
Hopefully we can prove that this new model works and can be sustained long-term, and Christian can be enticed to revamp Apollo for the federverse.