Apollo has ceased working

I haven’t processed what it means yet. I’m still at the first stage of grief.

I was shot down mid-scroll. Brutal.
- Holy crap... That is 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.
- Want to know what’s worse? According to The Verge, /u/iamthatis told them it was Reddit who pulled the plug earlier than planned.
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
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
Same dude. It didn't have got to me how to live without RIF, so I'm still treating it like a momentary shutdown

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

Yeah… instant crashing. It’s a weird feeling.

Sync dead too.

I just used it for the last time I think. But I think we are into only minutes left...

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!

Just replaced my launcher icon for RIF with Liftoff

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

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
- 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?
- 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.

BaconReader is out

10 years on it for me. Hope there's a Lemmy app or theme etc to replicate the feeling

The end of an era

RIP

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I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

pours one out 😢

R.I.P.

I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

Now I'm like.. what to do? Should I just let go completely?

What then?

Today Christian pushed an update so people could export their Pixel Pals to his other app. I don't think he thought Apollo would crash so I reckon he will push one final update soon.

Edit: nevermind, Apollo doesn't crash anymore.

Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.

Yup. It’s done. No more. Wow…. Well HELLLOOOOOOO LEMMMMINGS!!!!

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I just tried this WeWef web app and it’s pretty much identical to Apollo, in case anyone is looking for a lemmy equivalent.

https://wefwef.app/

Open in Safari and save to the homescreen as an app.

RIP Apollo 💔

Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.

Somehow Relay is still working.

Sad day, hopefully I work out what I'm doing here..!

Sync just went down 😭🫡🎺

Just checked, and yep - it crashes whenever I try to open it. Honestly, it feels sort of surreal to think that this day ever came.

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

😢 End of an era.

Rest In Peace, Apollo. You were my favorite social media app. You may rest now. 😔

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.

Baconreader is also gone. RSVP 🥓