đŁ Apollo will close down on June 30th. Redditâs recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. â¤ď¸
đŁ Apollo will close down on June 30th. Redditâs recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. â¤ď¸
Reddit insists on being âfairly paidâ amid API price protest plans, layoffs
Reddit insists on being âfairly paidâ amid API price protest plans, layoffs
Exactly what it looks like to me. This is clearly an attempt at driving up revenue for the upcoming IPO, but I think thereâs a little more to it.
We all know that Reddit depended on third party apps for years before releasing their own, which is full of ads and all the other features they cram in there that long-term users donât care for.
To me it looks like theyâve planned for this move to drive out long-term users, who remember old Reddit before the crazy amounts of ads, and will still have the people who will tolerate the official app, and the many people who have only ever used new Reddit and the app, and of course are used to the ads.
I think theyâve underestimated just how many of their mods and content contributors are using/dependent on third party apps.