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iamthatis

Gosh the years really went by. It’s been an awesome run hanging with all of you. Almost 20K comments here, and per Wikipedia, Apollo was actually around a little longer than Alien Blue. How long Apollo’s been part of my life is hard to wrap for me to wrap my head around


Mastotron

Been on Apollo since Alien Blue got bought out. I can’t believe today is the last day. If my recent Twitter usage is any indication (rip Tweetbot,) I am about to use Reddit considerably less.


Magicman_22

i am absolutely not switching to that sorry excuse for an app. reddit IS apollo as far as i’m concerned. almost every single one of my comments and replies has been from my phone. what a sorry sack of shit reddit the company is.


siobhanmairii__

Narwhal will continue to operate.


nihility101

Until all of Apollo goes there and drives his api costs through the roof.


Dariisa

He’s planning to revamp his pricing structure. It’s a nice app I hope he comes up with something that works. I really don’t want to use the official app.


Goldenfelix3x

i used narhwal for years before apollo. i wont mind going back, but so many quality of life features willl be missed. and if narwhal can afford the mass incoming users, the dev would be smart to push a fresh coat of paint to it by july.


javanb

by tomorrow? lol


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dskatz2

There's just so much less customization. It's killing me.


siobhanmairii__

Hopefully not. A lot of people we deleting their accounts, because they won’t have Apollo anymore. I’m not one of those people.


Dacvak

[Farewell old boy](https://imgur.com/a/7SDopg8).


BackdoorSpecial

Was I a good app? I’m told you were the best.


phatboy5289

I used Narwhal for a good while but I kept hearing good things about Apollo so I tried it out and I’ve been hooked on it for years now. Going to miss it something fierce.


siobhanmairii__

Narwhal is still going to keep operating.


beyondbliss

Same. Hurt then and it hurts even more now. I never liked the official Reddit app for mobile devices.


secretanchitman

Same here. Been a pleasure using Apollo!


HappenFrank

Switch to Lemmy. There is an app called Memmy that is very similar to Apollo. You have to get it on TestFlight but it should be showing up on the app store later today or tomorrow.


ElethiomelZakalwe

Mlem feels more like apollo, but memmy is currently more feature-complete.


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Nuzzgok

Just checked this out, that’s crazy! It’s so good


astrograph

On iOS? I don’t see Memmy yet :/


boolonut100

As previously mentioned, it’s not out yet. You need to get it through TestFlight


TheCastro

Edited due to Reddit's API changes, and you shouldn't let reddit profit off of your knowledge base either. -- mass edited with redact.dev


RecipesAndDiving

Yup, my contributions have plummeted.


dunbunthisthymefosho

I’m literally exiting Reddit with Apollo. It’s the only language I’ve ever known.


cobramullet

+1


Adminruinreddit

Same, bro. Absolutely gutted. u/spez is a grade A ****


PeterusNL

It sucks, I love Apollo. I have the lifetime pro and ultra. Now I'm only gonna use it if It's the only search option I've got. It was nice hanging with you guys.


Great_Justice

I’m going to just use this as a helping hand to kick my Reddit habit. I’ll still use it on my pc for sure, but this is it for my phone.


Statertater

Oh wow, life just got a little more lonely and a bit shittier.


PatrikPatrik

Yea this is such a huge part of my life vanishing. It’s my source of various news, sports rumours but also the only way I can see actually funny content from tik tok because tik tok app fucking sucks and I can ask questions about dnd and get solid friendly answers. End of an era in my life.


SomeKindOfOnionMummy

Me too. During the blackout I played around on FARK and Tumblr and checked out the new things like Squabble. I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself, probably read more. Certainly not going to use the crap app.


Just_Eirik

Same! Alien blue was great. Apollo was 10 times better though. Back to only using Reddit in a browser with an ad block installed I guess. Gonna be using it way less that is for sure.


Spatetata

Still on Alien Blue, but still bummed. Both are getting shut down and, no matter what happens in the future I know AB can’t come back anymore.


fnordius

Same here. Already went on a diet of moving Apollo off the first screen, turned off cellular access, and boy howdy, my Reddit usage dropped off a cliff. I even used Apollo on my MacBook, that's now much I preferred the app to Reddit pure. I know, the app wasn't really made for Mac OS (and it showed), but it still felt better than using the bloated UI Reddit is otherwise trying to load.


foofiepie

Yep, just went nuclear and deleted all my comments. This might be my last via Apollo. What I’ll do with all my time, who knows.


Hungry_Freaks_Daddy

Pretty sure I downloaded Apollo when it was first posted, I may have even beta tested but it’s been so long I don’t recall. GOAT app. It’s been a fucking honor. It’s too late for Reddit to fix this. They’ve shown their hand. Fuck spez. I mean really, fuck him and fuck greed and fuck IPOs and fuck mods and fuck publicly traded companies and fuck China and fuck authoritarianism and fuck capitalism and fuck all these pigs. And fuck Reddit. RIP Apollo. RIP Aaron.


PinsNneedles

Same. Jumped ship to Apollo from alien blue when Christian was doing the $20 lifetime memberships. Still tipped every time there was a new update, though because I use the app constantly.


khaled

Same.


rauh

end of an era. my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.


PM_ME_YOUR_WIRING

What a shitty way to start the weekend.


RichestMangInBabylon

Go outside. Touch some flowers. Smell your wife. Fuck some grass.


I_Am_Slightly_Horney

Found a whole in the ground and now I have ant bites where no ant should bite.


Silversun5

I’m likely done with Reddit after this weekend. Beyond sad.


ThePrussianGrippe

I’ll use mobile to find answers to hobby questions, and desktop in the rare times I’m actually on desktop. But once Apollo’s gone no way am I even 5% as active as I was. Time to go. Read some books. Play games. Start biking again. Thanks, u/Spez, for being the dealer that makes me quit. You greedy little pig boy. Edit: also I don’t give a shit about karma but by the numbers I’m in the top 3,000 active users and top 600 by comment karma. I’m just one account but this is the exact kind of dedicated user they’re going to be losing by the thousands.


SharkDad20

Same, i think. Apollo was so lovely at wasting my time, but also Reddit was how i got most of my news. Reddit will always be my go-to for answers but my screen time is about to plummet


ThePrussianGrippe

I’m going to reactivate some old RSS feeds and find some sort of news aggregator with alerts. Tbh Reddit stopped being the front page news of the internet years ago. Used to be I’d see 10 minute old reports about something major right at the top an hour before I’d see it on the news. Hasn’t been like that for a while.


zillionaire_

Apollo is dying on my cake day. This is the fucking worst.


AStanHasNoName

One last happy cake day to you, my friend.


ringmasterincestuous

You were the chosen one


SharkDad20

Happy cake day!! 🥳


Bonemesh

I'm going to use Apollo like a mofo on this last day, driving up reddit's API usage while I still can. Tomorrow, I'm off reddit, and I'll just check news articles occasionally to see if reddit usage has dropped, or if (hopefully, doubtfully) anything changes.


Basaltmyers

Fuck you u/spez


Pentafloppy

Fuck u/spez


everyoneneedsaherro

Fuck u /u/spez


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fuck u/spez


iosgino

#FUCK YOU u/spez


doctr_sbaitso

fuck u/spez with a rusty bayonet 🖕𓂺🖕


boolonut100

fuck /u/spez


Catch_2222

Fuck you /u/spez


VitorCallis

vai se foder u/spez a portuguese “fuck you”, cause why not.


fajord

fuck you u/spez


Unfair_Pound_9582

Fick dich u/spez German one because multi culturalism is fun


Mattyd1986

Fuck you, u/spez!!


EyeH8Spez

Fuck u/spez


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100%


Potatoesaurus_rex2

**Fuck you** u/spez


pfmonke

Fuckkkk you u/spez


Cautious-Brother-174

Fuck you u/spez


Melodic_Inevitable84

Fuck u/spez


604GT

The official Reddit app is such trash 🥲


Legion667

Only reason I used Reddit was the Apollo app. Back to the void. Edit- Looks like someone was cOnCeRnEd. I hope you are just a concern troll tbh. To be clear VOID meant the world outside Reddit but from the perspective of a redditoor, would be me in the void.


MidnightT0ker

What am I gonna do now? Use old.reddit on mobile browser???


Lore_Maestro

If you are going to do that then check out Sink it for Reddit. It’s an extension that removes promoted posts and the “use our official app” banners that pop up every time you open it. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/14inaut/sink_it_for_reddit_a_totally_free_ios_safari/


grown-ass-man

I wish it was available for android :(


SrslyCmmon

You could try adding a filter for that on ublockorigin


ernestryles

If I ever need to use Reddit in the future this is how I’m going to do it. Thank you. And fuck u/spez


nophixel

F


Go7ham

F


moustachiojones

F


Dacvak

F 🫡


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F o7


quintsreddit

F > Posted on Apollo


xhausted110

F


SirKarp

F


scroll_responsibly

F


MillennialOne

F


s--z

F


WHOLE_LOTTA_DREAD

F


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F


Rolando_Cueva

F


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F


LuckyLorin

F


Jkysler

F


jman2day

F


Saltybran

F


pikashroom

F


Existing365Chocolate

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0tcDzpxW-p0/hqdefault.jpg When Apollo dies, just throw me in the trash


[deleted]

You mean throw reddit in the trash


modernphilosophy

You mean reddit is trash


FarmFamilyGamingYT

You mean trash is reddit


baldeagle86

o7


cmnthom

o7


Kirbygeddon

o7


theemptyqueue

o7


Long_Dong59

o7


Wolfsblvt

o7


thewizardlizard

o7


xan1242

o7


FlihpFlorp

o7


127-0-0-0

o7


Too_Much_Attenuation

o7


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o7


VermillionDemonFox

o7


Ayycolin

o7


fallentraveler

o7


Dulfin

I was an Alien Blue holdout before I came here in 2017… I’ve used Apollo pretty much every single day since then. 🫡


kick-assu

Same here, Alien Blue and when that went to shit over to Apollo. I'm going to miss it. Sucks balls! My iphone battery will last waaaay longer now though, so I've got that going for me.   E: Battery will last longer because i won't be on Apollo all day, and therefore won't be using the phone as much. Not sure that was clear enough


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uxl

Dude the wallpapers…How can the loss of an app make me so sad? I really hope the dev makes something similar for Kbin.social


MrsChaotic

I will treasure these wallpapers forever


JoK0

They should be spammed onto the front page


50MSK

Farewell friends *edit* y’all didn’t need to report me for being suicidal. I’m not killing myself over Apollo shutting down lmao


geneorama

Right? I got one of those messages


BrisketMacCheese

It’s the biggest joke of the century for shitty redditors. I can’t believe it’s so easy to report people for suicide with no recourse for the people who abuse the function.


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You can report those messages. They will ban your account for abusing it.


mitman

I have been an Apollo user from the very beginning when the first beta was announced. I still remember reading the post talking about a new Reddit app just a bit after Alien blue got bought.


PandaGoggles

Same. So sad today. So so sad!! It’s such a great way to browse, it’s so easy and intuitive. The official app is garbage.


IM_PlCKLE_RICK

Been using for over a year, after trying it years ago! Wish I gave it more then a week back in 2018!


Existing365Chocolate

Sometimes it is better to have loved a little and gotten hurt than to never have loved at all


PhoKingHaern

What’s real wild is knowing I’ve been on Reddit for 10+ years, and with Apollo leaving, I’m literally not going to be on Reddit because I refuse to use that shitty official app. Frees up more time though. So that’s cool. Man, I really loved Apollo. The whole interface was UI was perfect. Great developer. Great customization and icons. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻


Ace123428

Tired the official app again yesterday, it’s just kinda soulless. I can’t customize my home feed and saw shit from days ago instead of being able to sort. The rest of the feeds except /all were like this. Battery usage is absurd even in the “background”. Commenting feels like a chore. Their “chat” is garbage af and you can’t scroll back up for more than a few messages then you can’t scroll down. Overall it feels like Facebook when they changed the home feed from time sorted to “algorithm of what is most important to you”. It’s just trying to hard to be the next Facebook.


allcazador

Thanks brothers. Only using Reddit in google searches from now on


TheChanMan2003

I don’t know if Reddit or Google have been fine-tuning things, but lately I’ve been able to get by just fine reading the little preview blurbs that come up in google searches. Don’t even have to visit the website.


B0cstar

🫡


zillionaire_

Apollo is dying on my cake day. I’m fucking heartbroken.


eaglebtc

Sorry that your reddit cake day is ruined, friend. Have some real cake to make up for it.


gbuub

Thank you. Just bought the wallpapers to show my final support. Fuck u/spez and I’m moving to squabble/tildes after today on mobile.


jakmassaker

I guess this'll be the only thing on my account in an hour. A week ago or so I deleted 9 years worth of contributions to this website. I had a lot of pretty valuable information on here. I made a few more posts and comments after I deleted everything, so I'm going to delete those too. I'm bittersweet about this. I really liked reddit. I learned a LOT of things here. I got to help some people too. A lot of my sense of humor came from here. I had a lot of contributions to a lot of communities which helped a lot of people. I had a post in r/fordranger which solved the notorious cup holder problem in those trucks which people messaged me about for years. I got to participate in some awesome communities. The soulsborne communities are so amazing. r/beyondthefogwall, r/huntersbell, r/summonsign, all helped me get through the best games I've ever played. I got to watch everyone be super excited for halo infinite over at r/halo. Then I got to watch everyone complain all the time over on r/halo. r/reddeadredemption was a great place to be on the buildup to rdr2's launch. It was so cool watching them piece the map together and guess what the plot was going to be like. Being invited to r/earnyourkeep was so cool. They're a lot of really cool people over there and I'm going to miss their posts. The first sub I ever got banned from r/gaming banned me for mentioning piracy. Then 7 years later I messaged a mod there and the madlad unbanned me. Speaking of piracy, the r/piracy subreddit needs a mention. Without them I wouldn't have half the media I have. There's things I won't miss however. I won't miss having to download the awful official app whenever someone sent me a dm. I won't miss some of the horrible communities here like r/forzahorizon. I won't miss having politics crammed up my ass every other post. I won't miss reddit's weird obsessions with enjoying watching children get hurt or be punished or the overreaction people have when you mention a pitbull. I won't miss "jUsT usE lInUx" and "jUst bUY A pC" or the weird bootlickers who refuse to use adblockers. I won't miss people's relationship "advice" where you're supposed to end your relationship at the slightest imperfection. Fuck u/spez and everyone who was in charge of the god awful decisions that reddit has been making. I used to think this place was cool. Now I feel like kicking my own ass for ever having been here. THANK YOU to u/talklittle for 9 years of a genuinely perfect experience with RIF. RIF was the first and only reddit client I ever used on Android. RIF Golden Platinum is one of the best purchases of my life. So good that I bought it again just the other day. Thank you to u/iamthatis for the year or so I had an iphone and used Apollo. I guess this is it. Don't upvote this. I'm not going to see them anyways.


more_beans_mrtaggart

I engineered the headlamp bracket for the ford ranger.


ehdv

I’ve quit using Reddit since the news broke; back for one last tour through this beautiful app before my account languishes. Thank you u/iamthatis for such an amazing app.


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Been using Apollo since Alien Blue ended. Once Apollo dies, I’m done with Reddit. Period. Hope to see you all on Lemmy.


_dirtyernie

Thank you, Apollo and FUCK YOU u/spez


Racxius

Day 1 to day 0. Goodbye old friend.


mxloukaPlayz

Farewell.


mrbrick

was a good time pals. I was new to it having been with Reddit Is Fun since I dont even know how long ago (like 10+ years maybe??) until I switched to iOS and found Apollo to be the only app on a similair quality level. Once old.reddit is gone this place will be pretty useless to me.


scrubsnbeer

been using apollo since I made my reddit 3 yrs ago after a buddy recommended the app. I hated the official app, this one has my heart. i just looked at my scroll distance.. 1.0x mariana trench (7.1 miles) 😞 thank you for everything christian, you made reddit functional and enjoyable to use. i’ll always keep my pixel pal as a widget ♡ p.s. fuck you u/spez 🤡


Generalrossa

Fuck me it's here.. Really is a sad day. What's everyone else going to use now?


Potatonet

It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve with you fine gentlemen Looking to the future, may your ideal futures come to pass….except /u/spez, fuck that guy


Raynh

One less social media on my phone. Making it zero. Might be nice. But I will miss this app.


phoonie98

I was really hoping a solution would happen last minute. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I downloaded the official app and it’s absolute trash


pepper718

Same here….. so sad 😔


cmnthom

Sad day tomorrow


yosoo

🫡🫡🫡


CdotLykins4

🫡


TheHalfChubPrince

🫡 It’s been a pleasure.


IamAkevinJames

I'm a boost user but the sentiment is all the same Tonight we're all comrades. Godspeed and farewell 🫡


Emictavice

Now what are we supposed to do? Do something productive? Insane


Awesomekip

I’m not ready. This was the best version


zdaaar

Apollo goes down, deleting Reddit account. fuck u/spez typical sociopathic tech CEO, I d spit in your face


ar4wy

I just wanted to make one last comment from Apollo. Thanks for all your work on this amazing app!


windythought34

Don't use another app.swizch platforms!


PlaySasha

F


dawg960

F


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yep farewell


tony_lasagne

Ah shit can’t believe today is the last day :( yeah going to use Reddit a lot less once the only option is the dogshit native app


TechGuruGJ

I use Sync on Android, but in the same boat. Haven't decided if I'm gonna leave reddit or not. I need something to pass time with. Facebook is garbage and Twitter is quickly becoming a cesspool. Reddit is at least marginally entertaining.


[deleted]

Goodbye Apollo. I’m gonna miss you.


extremeelementz

Tried using the official Reddit app and I don’t think I can continue using that trash after using Apollo forever. The official app is terrible, includes ads and stupid sub recommendations. Really disappointed it’s come to this and might just quit Reddit contribution and posts going forward and only use it for information.


E-B-Gb-Ab-Bb

What a shame to see such a great app go down. This might well be the last comment I post from it, and I just wanna say I really loved using Apollo as long as I've been on iOS, Apollo and Sync were the best ways to browse reddit.


NoCokJstDanglnUretra

Bye reddit


123456789012131414

I felt the same way when I said goodbye to my lowes paint my room app or my Shazam app.


thorjustice1

RIP Apollo. You deserve so much better. Thanks for being my Reddit app from the beginning.


mzzzkp

I am so sad.


codyrfm08

Been using Apollo Pro for years, can’t see myself using Reddit any other way. I’ll probably browse from time to time but I doubt I’ll ever actively use my account again. It’s been real, y’all. Thanks for the years of hard work and dedication, Christian.


[deleted]

I was with Apollo since like 2017. Best app ever. Thanks for everything u/iamthatis


ryan-northcott

This will be my last comment on Apollo. Reddit too. Thank you Christian 🇨🇦


SoaringIcarus

Fuck every single person at Reddit who refused to work with Apollo. They are killing a great application , it will be missed.


ThisHasFailed

It’s bye reddit for me, a big fuck u to spez, and farewell my friend Apollo.


Philip22Kings

Thanks for the memories.


Wackobacco

I’m just ducking praying something changes. If not, this is the end of the road for my Reddit use. It’s been an honour playing with you boys.


Cassis_Pine

apollo is the only reason i was able to become an consistent user. 🥺🫡


LakeSolon

So Apollo users were responsible for a disproportionately large amount of API calls. Which means we were using the site more. It’s conventional wisdom that only a small subset of users actually *contribute* content on social media. And Reddit’s play is to alienate those users specifically. They really have no grasp of the tenuous situation they’re in. Apollo is the best app I’ve used. I just don’t have any gripes about it. Sure, sometimes something came up but by the time I noticed the issue there was already a thread here and a response addressing it (shockingly often with a follow up comment already saying it’s fixed for the next version). Steve Jobs often spoke about products/apps that change the way we interact with the subjects we care about. That the app expands the experience, without it becoming *about the app*. Apollo is… was (this will likely be my last comment using it) exactly that. The world is poorer for its loss.


steviekfc

Android user. So exclusive Rif Is Fun. Never used Apollo but here for the emotional support. Fuck you u/spez you loser. Not listening to the people who supply this site with their content. Such a loser.


nc_

consist snatch fine sable aware selective roof jobless cooperative quarrelsome *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


gabboman

fuck /u/spez


ChristianK73

Probably going to be my last comment on Reddit, just here to say o7 to everyone effected by the greed of the people in charge. So long, and thanks for all the fish.


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All subreddits should go NSFW to dry up advertising.