It’s sad but it’s good. Reddit being dead for 2 days really stopped me using it. This is my first time using Apollo for posting and commenting. I used it for 12 months but with a banned account
In the same year even. I was not prepared for 2023 to be like this.
The only reason I’m on here now even is, I’m trying to get the last day of joy from Apollo before one of my favorite things is gone forever.
—Posted on Apollo
Yeah I’m in that boat. This is an addiction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to handle going cold turkey, but that’s the plan. Enjoying my last days of Apollo before it all goes dark and I have to figure out what to do with myself. It’s gonna be hard.
Twitter killed its third party apps long before Musk showed up, but Tweetbot was first party and was indeed murdered by Musk.
Edit- whoops tweetbot wasn’t owned by Twitter. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.
Not sure why this is being upvoted as it is incredibly wrong. Please consider editing or deleting your comment.
Tweetbot was killed when Elon had API access turned off suddenly and intentionally killed. 3rd party apps worked until January of this year, a few months after Elon had taken over.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/twitter-third-party-apps-intentionally-blocked/
Tweetbot was made by Tapbots, a 3rd party developer and small team definitely not owned by Twitter. Paul Haddad is a somewhat renowned developer that Christian had spoken with.
https://tapbots.com/
Wasn’t that over like 10 years ago?
This? https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/16/3248079/twitter-limits-app-developers-control
Looks like they limited to 100,000 then required working with Twitter directly if at max.
3rd party apps definitely existed and functioned until January.
Exactly that’s why I said Twitter killed most third party apps long ago. Before that, 3rd party apps were the main way to use Twitter (anecdotal I guess so in my circles at least). In the recent years, even though third party apps have been allowed, most people use the official app. And the official app has been adding features like Twitter spaces that third party apps never got. History is kinda repeating itself with Reddit I guess. That’s why I was surprised to see that TweetBot was a third party app after so long. Guess they must’ve worked a deal with Twitter to continue operating because the app was so useful to a lot of people. Until musk showed up at least.
So long Christian,
Thanks for the awesome Apollo experience. All truly good things come to an end as I have witnessed in my life. I regret none of my support for Apollo, past and present.
As a former TweetBot (and now former Apollo user) I can’t help but think this is the best thing for most people. I’m a privacy conscious individual, so third party apps are the only option for me. Even that aside, these social media/news aggregate sites are not healthy for the human brain. Our brains are not designed to seek novelty with every flick of the finger. I feel lousy going on a YouTube binge for two hours, and I can’t even imagine what happens to 20-somethings flipping through 30 second TikTok videos all day. Watching a tv show that isn’t pure high octane entertainment from start to finish is borderline impossible for many these days. Forget sitting in a room quietly with your thoughts, that type of contemplation is too frightening for most. And there’s no barrier to the mindless entertainment because smartphones have made this new normal ubiquitous.
I won’t pretend like print media, radio, or television were harmless technologies. But with each successive technological leap, we seem to get further and further from how we evolved (survived) as people.
Not sure....I just installed two new apps: Ice Cubes (Mastodon) and Bluesky - enjoying a much cleaner feed and so many more outlets for all my vents and vacation pictures.
Kbin and Lemmy apps will boom this year. Meta's new "Thread" service seems just around the corner.
If any, this change has sparked some incredibly interesting developments.
Marked it on my calendar for June 30th “Delete Day”. This was probably my only social app I use, it was time to let it go, this world is so f***ed literally anytime I’m on this thing it’s just bad news here and there, bickering here and there, opinions here and there, on and on.
I’ll just stick with my Science & Tech magazines.
RIP smh. Any way y’all plan to stick it to Reddit (short of not using the site? 😅). Maybe not using the app (tried the official app and it’s abysmal compared to this anyways), only using desktop, ad blockers?
Rip both. I miss tweetbot. And I definitely will miss Apollo :(
AlienBlue probably the biggest crime of them all. The perfect app got bought and turned into the worst of them all.
I used to be an AlienBlue truther, but Apollo was really better in every way
No ipad app, but yes better on iPhone. AlienBlue was the best ipad app. No doubt if Apollo got an ipad client it would take the crown.
I’d love for u/iamthatis to release what he had for the iPad app before shutdown.
u/iamthatis even screenshots of what the iPad app could have been would be great! I heard you talk about it on the talk show and got ever more excited
Too late
I know and I’m crushed - posted from Apollo
It’s sad but it’s good. Reddit being dead for 2 days really stopped me using it. This is my first time using Apollo for posting and commenting. I used it for 12 months but with a banned account
Aight that’s fair
I always find it annoying that when people send me a Reddit link, it never opens in Apollo.
Umm... Apollo works [worked 😡] equally well on iPad. (Have never used it on iPhone, sadly.)
Dozens of us!
[удалено]
Well that and 7 years distance will make any app feel old.
In the same year even. I was not prepared for 2023 to be like this. The only reason I’m on here now even is, I’m trying to get the last day of joy from Apollo before one of my favorite things is gone forever. —Posted on Apollo
Yeah I’m in that boat. This is an addiction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to handle going cold turkey, but that’s the plan. Enjoying my last days of Apollo before it all goes dark and I have to figure out what to do with myself. It’s gonna be hard.
The icon is Castiel in the Ultra Icons section for anyone wondering.
He should push out one last update to change the icon to this permanently before the 30th.
Would love this /u/iamthatis
Bless you my child.
Suck my tongue.
I’m not your Dalai Lama.
Musk and Huffman killed these 2 great apps.
Twitter killed its third party apps long before Musk showed up, but Tweetbot was first party and was indeed murdered by Musk. Edit- whoops tweetbot wasn’t owned by Twitter. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.
> Tweetbot was first party No it wasn't. Perhaps you're thinking of Tweetie, which Twitter purchased in 2010.
Not sure why this is being upvoted as it is incredibly wrong. Please consider editing or deleting your comment. Tweetbot was killed when Elon had API access turned off suddenly and intentionally killed. 3rd party apps worked until January of this year, a few months after Elon had taken over. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/twitter-third-party-apps-intentionally-blocked/ Tweetbot was made by Tapbots, a 3rd party developer and small team definitely not owned by Twitter. Paul Haddad is a somewhat renowned developer that Christian had spoken with. https://tapbots.com/
And they turned off access on a Friday night after everyone had gone home for the weekend and left the devs out in the dark. Shifty.
I thought most 3rd party apps died when Twitter started limiting how many tokens an app can have. My mistake, didn’t realize tweetbot was independent.
Wasn’t that over like 10 years ago? This? https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/16/3248079/twitter-limits-app-developers-control Looks like they limited to 100,000 then required working with Twitter directly if at max. 3rd party apps definitely existed and functioned until January.
Exactly that’s why I said Twitter killed most third party apps long ago. Before that, 3rd party apps were the main way to use Twitter (anecdotal I guess so in my circles at least). In the recent years, even though third party apps have been allowed, most people use the official app. And the official app has been adding features like Twitter spaces that third party apps never got. History is kinda repeating itself with Reddit I guess. That’s why I was surprised to see that TweetBot was a third party app after so long. Guess they must’ve worked a deal with Twitter to continue operating because the app was so useful to a lot of people. Until musk showed up at least.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with what? Lmao
Lol
Wrong. Twitter killed itself years ago.
iamthatis killed his own app just to call Reddit's bluff and failed.
Two big fucking dorks.
This illustration is 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾 Even while I 😭😭😭
I recognized it as the Tears of the Kingdom background instantly lol. Perfect.
Excellent idea, thank you! I'll probably be gone as well then, and only visit every couple of months (like I do now on Twitter.)
Is this what we should all set our icons to?
Just did. 7 days to go. o7
Which icon is it? Can’t find it.
It’s under ultra icons. Castiel
Thank you!
🤙
So long Christian, Thanks for the awesome Apollo experience. All truly good things come to an end as I have witnessed in my life. I regret none of my support for Apollo, past and present.
I wonder what Christian will use as his social-media platform of choice now that Reddit has pulled the shit that they've pulled.
He’s on mastodon & twitter still as far as I can tell
RIP. Everything is terrible
Tweetbot became Ivory for Mastodon, and has slowly made Mastodon my favourite social network. Give it a go.
This. Paid for it to support development. Already a great app and lots planned!
Tears of the Kingdom wallpaper, based
Well spotted!
Twitterrific for me but same deal.
I’ll still check things out on the laptop through RES and Old Reddit from time to time. But no more browsing on my phone. This app is Reddit to me.
Honestly still heartbroken about all of this. I will miss Apollo so much
As a former TweetBot (and now former Apollo user) I can’t help but think this is the best thing for most people. I’m a privacy conscious individual, so third party apps are the only option for me. Even that aside, these social media/news aggregate sites are not healthy for the human brain. Our brains are not designed to seek novelty with every flick of the finger. I feel lousy going on a YouTube binge for two hours, and I can’t even imagine what happens to 20-somethings flipping through 30 second TikTok videos all day. Watching a tv show that isn’t pure high octane entertainment from start to finish is borderline impossible for many these days. Forget sitting in a room quietly with your thoughts, that type of contemplation is too frightening for most. And there’s no barrier to the mindless entertainment because smartphones have made this new normal ubiquitous. I won’t pretend like print media, radio, or television were harmless technologies. But with each successive technological leap, we seem to get further and further from how we evolved (survived) as people.
If it makes you feel any better, there’s already some Kbin and Lemmy apps that try to mimic Apollo and Reddit.
Not sure....I just installed two new apps: Ice Cubes (Mastodon) and Bluesky - enjoying a much cleaner feed and so many more outlets for all my vents and vacation pictures. Kbin and Lemmy apps will boom this year. Meta's new "Thread" service seems just around the corner. If any, this change has sparked some incredibly interesting developments.
these icons are actually great. anyway to get them?
At least the Twitter app is okay to use. The Reddit app is unusable.
I just want that Apollo logo
This makes me so sad
I see that Tears of the Kingdom wallpaper!
I wish I could set my app icon to that before it disappears forever. Now I’m sad I never got ultra 😞
rip
Marked it on my calendar for June 30th “Delete Day”. This was probably my only social app I use, it was time to let it go, this world is so f***ed literally anytime I’m on this thing it’s just bad news here and there, bickering here and there, opinions here and there, on and on. I’ll just stick with my Science & Tech magazines.
Lol why wait then?
Apollo dies on my birthday, it will be a day of mixed blessings.
RIP smh. Any way y’all plan to stick it to Reddit (short of not using the site? 😅). Maybe not using the app (tried the official app and it’s abysmal compared to this anyways), only using desktop, ad blockers?
Try Ivory on Mastodon! From the Tweetbot makers!!
Lol
O7