I’ve seen many comments and posts regarding the API fiasco on Reddit, with the claim that there will be a huge influx of users when that happens. I’m all for it, but I find it hard to believe that the average or even above average user will make the effort to switch.
This is exactly what I think. We might see a fraction of a spike from the few holding out until the very end, but it won’t be this mass exodus people keep proclaiming it to be.
Apollo has published many blatant warnings to the app about the shutdown, you literally can’t use the app without seeing them. Nobody using Apollo is going to be surprised at being cut off.
I assume the other apps are doing something similar to warn their users.
Those who care are already finding their way over here. Those who don’t care are using the Reddit app. Those who are somehow still ignorant of what’s happening probably don’t use Reddit enough to know the difference.
You’d be surprised at how oblivious people can be. Plus, we’ve been conditioned to just click past any pop-ups at this point in the internet, thanks to ads.
I have spent very very little time on infinity since June 11th but I have seen absolutely no warnings and had to actively search for what they will do come July (subscription).
There was an update a few days ago that had a popup that took over the entire screen every time you opened the app (you could also permanently dismiss it though) that warned about the subscription thing.
I was on Boost and finally deleted it about a week ago. Couldn’t understand why they were still updating their app and pushing for users to rate them on PlayStore.