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Reddit is just a backend to apolo, if they make their own backend, a lot of people would switch.

• superfrank 3y ago
  I actually brought up this same idea elsewhere in this thread. Apparently, Apollo is a single developer though, so the main problem I see with this is time. Reddit switches over to new pricing July 1st, so this one person would have a single month to build out a new backend that would need to support tens of thousands of users and I just don't see that happening even if we assume they can hire a team of contractors and scaled it down to just core features.
  • willis936 3y ago
    Judging from this thread: I bet the Apollo dev could easily secure enough VC to eat reddit's lunch in short order. There would be no shortage of talent willing to take down goliath.
    • tayo42 3y ago
      How many of us are unemployed or underemployed after getting laid off. I got nothing going on hah. Pick me, I'll build and scale your social media site. I already did it once too hah
  • fluidcruft 3y ago
    All the other mobile cliets could switch to a compatible backend API as well. Apollo is only an iOS client. There are a number of Android and ross-platform clients as well. Such as RedditIsFun or Baconreader or Infinity. What would be missing is a web frontend.
• npteljes 3y ago
  Now while that's nice, who's going to pay for that? Certainly not Apollo / other third party reddit users. And so, at most you'd get a honeymoon period out of this, while burning someone else's money, until they get fed up, and monetize or close the service. Similar to what happened to Imgur.