I haven’t processed what it means yet. I’m still at the first stage of grief.
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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.
https://giphy.com/gifs/filmeditor-mean-girls-movie-xT9KVea2o7aPXtqHwQ
(Lemmy gif test, take #1)
ETA so far wefwef.app feels like a great Apollo clone. No push notifications on iOS (yet?) but I added it to my Home Screen and it’s great.
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 using wefwef.app and so far it’s like 90% of the way to an Apollo clone. Now we just need more users, communities, and content.
Tell all your friends! Wait, we’re all redditors. Shit…
I’m sad now :( I’ll be even sadder tommorow once it sinks in
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
RIF is as well. Sad times and stuff but I'm happy to be here instead.
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.
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
Is Teddit and Libreddit going to keep working through this?
Old.reddit would not show comments anymore. It will direct you to reddit.
So I believe they might stop working at any moment.
Sync dead too.
I just used it for the last time I think. But I think we are into only minutes left...
The end of an era
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!
BaconReader is out
10 years on it for me. Hope there's a Lemmy app or theme etc to replicate the feeling
Yeah… instant crashing. It’s a weird feeling.
Just replaced my launcher icon for RIF with Liftoff
Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!
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Wefwef
RIP
Sync just went down 😭🫡🎺
RIP Apollo 💔
Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!
pours one out 😢
Rest In Peace, Apollo. You were my favorite social media app. You may rest now. 😔
o7
Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.
<Bone Thugs N’ Harmony singing Crossroads intensifies>
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R.I.P.
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.
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.
For what it’s worth, wefwef (wefwef.app) feels a little like Apollo and has made me moving over here a bit easier…
It’s still in beta but mlem seems to be basically copying Apollo. It’s a marine app instead of a web app. Missing some important features at the moment but worth keeping an eye on.
I meant native app not marine app lol we’re still missing editing with it’s unfortunate since apple’s keyboard hates me.
Wefwef has been impressing me for a web app, although the bar isn’t that high. The web app makes it accessible without Testflight and quicker to push live, making adoption quicker.
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.
Check out wefwef.app