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Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down

www.businessinsider.com Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down

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

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www.businessinsider.com /reddit-users-say-walking-away-after-apollo-shutdown-2023-7

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I’m a part of that group. I see 24 people wish I’d kick rocks haha, I get it.
Look, I’m sure most of the refugees agree with me. If we don’t fit in we’ll leave.
So far I’m digging Lemmy. I wish it was more active, but if it’s gonna grow it will.
It broke my heart to leave Reddit after 15-16 years, but it’s not that same place any more any way.
So, hello fellow Apollo refugees.
- 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.
  
  I never used Apollo but I'm really liking wefwef.
  
  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
  
  PWAs have been held back by Apple for a very long time so I'm glad that started to gain traction now.
  
  Man, the astroturfing for wefwef around here is insane. I keep seeing it get brought up even in completely unrelated threads!
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  Can you say more about the security issues?Asking for a technology dummy friend.
  
  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.
  
  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…
  
  Also enable 2fa on your Lemmy account
  
  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.
- I used reddit is fun but it's the same story. Literally 15 years using that website daily.
  
  Same deal, we both got fucked by Reddit.
  What sucks is I’m sure you’d have paid to stay on RIF and I know I would have paid to stay on Apollo.
  What a bummer that dickshit spez couldn’t see past his own nose.
  
  Narwahl decided to try the subscription model. It should cost around 4-7 €/month. Unfortunately, I don’t think Reddit is that valuable to me, so I’ll just stick with Lemmy instead.
  
  Pro Tip, list view has made this feel very much like RIF.
  
  Pro Tip, list view has made this feel very much like RIF.
- Same here, since 2017. I cannot recommend wefwef enough if you’re not already on it.
- 👋

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