Reddit app Apollow shutting down on June 30th

DarthGaymer · June 8

Summary

Apollo will be shutting down on June 30th due to Reddit's abrupt decision to charge for API access.

Quote

In order to avoid incurring charges I will delete Apollo's API token on the evening of June 30th PST. Until that point, Apollo should continue to operate as it has, but after that date attempts to connect to the Reddit API will fail.

My thoughts

With the abrupt end of neverending venture capital due to COVID pandemic, yet another tech company that hasn't made a profit has decided to implement charges that appear to be not only egregious but actively stiff the community that uses the platform. Apollo's app was significantly more user friendly than the default reddit app, especially for iOS devices. Even Apple mentioned Apollo multiple times during WWDC 2023.

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Radium_Angel · June 8

Now if we can just get Reddit itself to shut down, we'd be all set!

/h or /i....you decide.

wanderingfool2 · June 8

This was sort of mentioned here already.

9 minutes ago, DarthGaymer said:

hasn't made a profit has decided to implement charges that appear to be not only egregious but actively stiff the community that uses the platform

If your conclusion is that Reddit isn't making money, then them trying to make changes that charges apps that don't show their ads really isn't egregious. If they truly aren't making money, then there isn't much that can be said in regards to them charging high API calls (as it's an attempt to make money)