Apollo will always be Reddit for me. Sad to see it go this way 😢
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Same. Apollo was Reddit as far as I’m concerned. Too much valuable information on Reddit for me to stop using it entirely, but I won’t be on there regularly like I was with Apollo. The official Reddit app just isn’t as refined as Apollo was.
Wefwef is an incredible clone of Apollo. Give it a try
Yes, it is. I’ve been using WefWef and Memmy. Wish I could combine the two together!
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I will look at it when hunting for information, but I refuse to sign in again. Fuck ‘em.
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Someone suggested it lower in the replies but I wanted to be sure you heard:
Try wefwef.app
It's crazy how close it is to Apollo. Be sure to open that link in the browser!
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Same here, it's a weird feeling closing an app I've used damn near daily over the last 5 years for the last time.
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I am properly sad about this whole ordeal. I suggested, defended, and praised Reddit to my friends and acquaintances, but that Reddit is dead today.
Funny enough, this is my first post on Lemmy
Welcome, friend. It's a new day and we shall build a new community!
Build it better too. Without any fuckhead like spez
I'll never use Reddit's shitty app. I used RiF for over 11 years, and I'll be damned if I'll be forced to do it their way. I hope it burns.
Same, but with Apollo for me. The way it all went down sucked. I worry more and more about the future each day.
I just had my 8th cakeday last week. I was using Baconreader and now it's gone I feel an irrational loss. Ah well.
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Big shoutout to The Verge for their continued coverage of the reddit situation.
When I heard about Apollo shutting down I toyed with the idea of using the Reddit app. Then I saw how spez handled the whole thing and realized I’m never going back.
So here I am taking the lemmy plunge. Wefwef is a godsend!
I hate the official Reddit app but I probably would have sucked it up and used it if they had handled this professionally.
Reddit can die the death its admins clearly so desperately want for it.
We will carry on without it
I tried out the official app yesterday. Uninstalled after 10 minutes. scrolling was terrible. It felt really laggy even after some changes. If RIF isn't available, I'm never going back. 10years 6months. Bye reddit
I will miss RIF.
I have a lot of niche communities that I interacted with daily. My hobbies, my profession, and other interests. Over the last 12 years.
It was a place where I went for news, discussion, and knowledge.
I'm sad, actually sad 😞
I hope I can find what I'm looking for on Lemmy. Maybe I can start and foster community. I fear the fragmented nature of the fediverse may prevent healthy growth, and keep communities broken apart and small. I don't yet know enough to trust the stability and longevity, what if the host for an instance decides this isn't fun anymore? What if they die? Do all the communities that depend on it also perish, and fragment to other instances?
At this point for me, the only thing I will miss is a specific subreddit that I got a weekly calendar of events from and I can just stay logged out, go to that subreddit once a week, and check it out. And I may not even have to do that because I found out yesterday that they have a Discord server.
This is all very new to all of us, time will only tell
The Verge has been on this story from the beginning. Every time something new happens.
Yeah I bet there were some Apollo/RIF power users on the staff
I’m properly sad about this whole ordeal. I praised, suggested, and even defended Reddit to anyone I know because I felt we aligned in the spirit of community. That Reddit died today.
And this is my first post on Lemmy
Welcome! I’m a now former 16yrs at Reddit transplant myself.
Long time Apollo user and I’ve just uninstalled it after many years… Started using WefWef now and it’s really close in the interface but it still doesn’t have the all power features. The 3rd party ecosystem of Lemmy is now really strong and it’s amazing to see apps getting updates daily.
Sad day. I was using Sync for years, even before Reddit had their own crappy app. At least Sync will be coming to Lemmy soon, so it's not all bad.
I am properly sad about this whole ordeal. I suggested, defended, and praised Reddit to my friends and acquaintances, but that Reddit is dead today.
Funny enough, this is my first post on Lemmy
Your first three, apparently ; )
Ah crap, I’m using Memmy and it was giving me an error when posting, apparently it worked every time! Whoops
I feel the same way. Christian did a tremendous job on developing and updating Apollo all while keeping the user experience in mind. I’m sad to see it go but I’m looking forward to wasting many years scrolling through the Fediverse.
Been using Boost for reddit, my most used android app. So happy that there will be a version for lemmy. Fuck reddit and long live lemmy.
It makes me hopeful for the future of the platform that Boost will be developed for Lemmy
Exactly. And not just Boost. Look at this list of apps!
So many apps! Hopefully it'll bring more users over to Lemmy. :)
Long time baconreader user, first reddit app and only reddit app I used. I guess I won't be going back.
Same. Once baconreader confirmed they were out I deleted my Reddit account and moved on to lemmy. I'm not going back even if Reddit reversed their stance. Fuck them and fuck spez.
I've been using Relay Pro for years and apparently it's going to continue and try a subscription model. However I can't see myself using Reddit again in the near future, considering how they handled the entire situation.
So long RIF, and thanks for all the fish
It is a shame it is the end.
Boost user here, excited for the Lemmy version!
I had been off Reddit since 6/11 and only went back on last night to delete all my comments and accounts, but then found out my 3rd party app Narwhal was actually staying active after 7/1 bc they’re moving to a priced model, he’s turning collaborator. Still deleted my accounts and the app, I’m done with Reddit, even if my favorite app isn’t.
Hopefully this can prove an effective alternative, without Apollo it just feels like a chore to browse Reddit..
Will there be a RIF for the fediverse?
Unfortunately no, the developer is making an app for Tildes instead, which is an invite-only forum.
Personally I quite like Jerboa, although it's buggy if your instance isn't on 0.18 (yours isn't), and I also quite like https://wefwef.app, which you can install as a PWA.
You could try out liftoff. It has a RIF feel to it
You could try out liftoff. It has a RIF feel to it
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No regrets leaving
I actually bought one of the merch items Christian S. mentioned in his farewell on the apolloapp sub. Never would have done that, but I’d rather give my money to the guy that made reddit so accessible than to the company that screwed him.
I see a lot of folks metioning ‘droid apps for lemmy. I’m glad those apps will make kbin and the like more accessible. Does anyone know of any apps for iOS? Haven’t been able to find one myself.
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