Looks like Apollo is now dead boys and girls. Feels like having a loved one die
I haven’t processed what it means yet. I’m still at the first stage of grief.
I was shot down mid-scroll. Brutal.
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…
Holy crap… That is brutal.
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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.
Same dude. It didn’t have got to me how to live without RIF, so I’m still treating it like a momentary shutdown
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
Super glad lemmy is in place and I’ve gotten used to it. The first week where I didn’t have this place and wasn’t opening Apollo was like quitting smoking (which I’ve done before)
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Same dude. It didn’t have got to me how to live without RIF, so I’m still treating it like a momentary shutdown
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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.
I’ll say here what I said there -
“This is like seeing someone steal the motorhome you’ve had tons of adventures and experiences in, and roll it over the edge of the Grand Canyon as you watch helplessly. It’s not just the loss of your comfy, customized motorhome, it’s all of the feelings and memories that are attached to it.”
RIF is as well. Sad times and stuff but I’m happy to be here instead.
GOAT app. Don’t have the heart to remove it from my phone
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
Oh this is awesome! I was wondering how I’d manage without the ol’ browser searches
On iOS I sideload Reddit+ with AltStore (no jailbreak needed). It gets rid of all the ads, promoted content and whatnot. Other than that, I also use Inoreader app with the RSS.
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.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I feel like Lemmy will only grow from here.
So many old subs have popped up and become properly active.
There’s so much community knowledge on reddit, it’s kinda painful to see everyone deleting all their historical comments and posts.
I get it, but still that’s information presumably lost forever.
What is information archival on the Fediverse like? Is there any advantage to Reddit?
Also if I understand last discussions, it’s not clear how well the Fediverse currently behaves with Google searches.
And just like that, the post-Reddit age of the Internet dawns.
… Who wants pancakes??
I just tried this WeWef web app and it’s pretty much identical to Apollo, in case anyone is looking for a lemmy equivalent.
Open in Safari and save to the homescreen as an app.
It is SPECTACULAR. I can’t recommend it enough.
The Home Screen trick made it perfect. chef’s kiss
This has been working amazingly! Smooth, user friendly, and you can add the app to you Home Screen by “sharing” the web page then tapping add to Home Screen.
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!
I’ve been bouncing all over the place trying different apps while I wait for Sync for Lemmy. Just switched from Connect to wefwef.app and so far I really like it.
Sync dead too.
I just used it for the last time I think. But I think we are into only minutes left…
Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!
I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.
Yeah… instant crashing. It’s a weird feeling.
The end of an era
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.
I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.
BaconReader is out
10 years on it for me. Hope there’s a Lemmy app or theme etc to replicate the feeling
