Apollo has ceased working

I haven’t processed what it means yet. I’m still at the first stage of grief.

I was shot down mid-scroll. Brutal.
- Holy crap... That is brutal.
- Want to know what’s worse? According to The Verge, /u/iamthatis told them it was Reddit who pulled the plug earlier than planned.
- I was in the middle of switching over to Lemmy. Honestly I'm really enjoying it so far.
  
  I tried to use the official reddit app and it was horrible. So I'm trying out Lemmy. The look and feel on Lemmy mobile app (Jerboa) is so similar to Reddit is Fun.
I’m sad now :( I’ll be even sadder tommorow once it sinks in
Same dude. It didn't have got to me how to live without RIF, so I'm still treating it like a momentary shutdown
Same dude. It didn't have got to me how to live without RIF, so I'm still treating it like a momentary shutdown

When this saga began, I didn't think I'd be struggling with such a sense of disconnect with the loss of an app of all things. However, I do feel that Christian's eulogy for Apollo helped, a gentle reminder to "smile because it happened". Here's to moving on.

RIF is as well. Sad times and stuff but I'm happy to be here instead.

GOAT app. Don't have the heart to remove it from my phone

Yeah… instant crashing. It’s a weird feeling.

Sync dead too.

I just used it for the last time I think. But I think we are into only minutes left...

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

RIF just started returning error 429 as well. I sadly uninstalled it and then launched Jerboa instead.

I've had a ton of issues with Jerboa, but thus far Connect for Lemmy is working well!

So at the moment my “workflow” is to completely stop accessing Reddit via mobile apps. I’ll still use Reddit via Google Searches because it remains important for finding key information.

I’m content playing with Lemmy as my main mobile “app”.

Install https://libredirect.github.io/ to not give them any money lol
- Thanks for the suggestion!
- Is Teddit and Libreddit going to keep working through this?
There’s so much community knowledge on reddit, it’s kinda painful to see everyone deleting all their historical comments and posts.

I get it, but still that’s information presumably lost forever.
- What is information archival on the Fediverse like? Is there any advantage to Reddit?
  
  Also if I understand last discussions, it’s not clear how well the Fediverse currently behaves with Google searches.

The end of an era

Just replaced my launcher icon for RIF with Liftoff

BaconReader is out

10 years on it for me. Hope there's a Lemmy app or theme etc to replicate the feeling

RIP

I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

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Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.

I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

pours one out 😢

RIP Apollo 💔

Somehow Relay is still working.

RiF just went down as well

Today Christian pushed an update so people could export their Pixel Pals to his other app. I don't think he thought Apollo would crash so I reckon he will push one final update soon.

Edit: nevermind, Apollo doesn't crash anymore.

Sad day, hopefully I work out what I'm doing here..!

Sync too :(

Same for rif. Just made this account about 20 minutes aggo. Been comething here and there. Fuck Steve Huffman. Everyone who reads this, dont be chickening back to reddit now. Lets make this comunity ours.

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Rest In Peace, Apollo. You were my favorite social media app. You may rest now. 😔

R.I.P.

End of an era. Apollo joins Alien Blue in app heaven. RIP.

My 12 year old account has joined them there. It looks like my time on Reddit is over.

There goes my wallpapers! Jokes aside, it's been a fun time browsing Reddit on Apollo. Easily one of the most enjoyable, well-built app on iOS. So long my little astronaut.

Baconreader is also gone. RSVP 🥓

Someone on Reddit said “years of muscle memory gone,” which hit me hard. Apollo was Reddit for me for years, so depressing watching this play out.

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