I’ve seen the app Apollo as the center of the reddit protest (it was mentioned and cited more than any other app in relevant posts). I’ve also seen many Lemmy clients in development taking inspiration from it.

As a lifetime Android user I’ve never been able to use it, and I’ve never gotten a proper answer to “why not just use the official app?” What made it different from the official application and other unofficial clients that consequently made it so popular among Redditors?

  • @stinkypoopsalot
    33•1 year ago

    It was the first app that made Reddit easy on an iPhone. I wasn’t a Reddit user, I was an Apollo user.

    Christian had a great rapport with his users. We felt like we were in a journey together with a guy who really cared about what he was doing.

    And the app itself was really really fabulous. Great features. Well organised.

    I’m confident the devs at Wefwef or Mlem will look at Apollo as a template and make the fediverse happen quickly.

    Ease of use is key.