It’s not just Apollo: other Reddit apps are shutting down, too
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Like Apollo, they’re shutting down on June 30th.
  • EnderWi99in@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I was a RIF user for as long as it’s been around, and have had a Reddit account for 12+ years now. It’s unfortunate to have to walk away, but I honestly had been hating it there for a while.

    • crossmr@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Definitely. I work from home, so I use old.reddit most of the time, but any time I’m away from my machine, I’ll use RIF. Wouldn’t touch their app with a 10 foot pole, and in a mobile browser it isn’t great either. Behind the scenes the whole place is crumbling.

    • Don't Ask My Name@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s fairly safe to assume that all third party reddit apps will be shutting down. The price they’ve been quoted for API access is simply too high, and I don’t think any of the devs are rich enough to keep it running out of their own pockets. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some apps try to stay up, but I highly doubt they can last long term.

      Either that or they’d have to start charging each user tons of money, and/or disabling free users entirely.

      In the recent AMA it was said that apps that focus on accessibility might get free access, but based on what devs are saying about having trouble getting in touch with anyone at reddit, I wouldn’t get your hopes up.